Bible Dictionary: Embalm

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction.

2. (v. t.) To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.

3. (v. t.) To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.

Greek

1779. entaphiazo -- to prepare for burial
... to prepare for burial. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: entaphiazo Phonetic
Spelling: (en-taf-ee-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I embalm, prepare for burial ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2590. chanat -- to spice, make spicy, embalm
... 2589, 2590. chanat. 2591 . to spice, make spicy, embalm. Transliteration: chanat
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nat') Short Definition: embalmed. ... embalm, put forth ...
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Library

The Resurrection.
... After the Sabbath was passed, they returned, early on the first day of the week,
to embalm the body with sweet spices, a tribute not satisfactorily attended to ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/the resurrection.htm

Going to the Father
... For such words embalm the past for us. They have become ours by a natural selection
throughout our career of all that is richest and deepest in our experience. ...
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Good Friday
... watch with the three Maries at the tomb of Christ: but we cannot do as they did,
for they thought that all was over, and brought sweet spices to embalm His body ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon ix good friday.htm

The Embalming of the Body of Jesus.
... that has been drained of blood, was resting on the knees of Mary, who covered the
parts which she had washed with a veil, and then proceeded to embalm all the ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter li the embalming of.htm

Jesus' Farewell to his Friends.
... Some seek to do deeds which will live in history. Some embalm their names in books,
hoping thus to perpetuate them. Love's enshrining is the best way. ...
/.../miller/personal friendships of jesus/chapter xiii jesus farewell to.htm

Our Expectation
... They would not have left him in the cave if they had felt any doubt about his
death. They went in the morning after the Sabbath to embalm him. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/our expectation.htm

The Empty Tomb. Ch. 24:1-12
... where Jesus was buried the women who had followed him from Galilee and had ministered
to him, began preparing spices and ointments with which to embalm his body ...
/.../erdman/the gospel of luke an exposition/k the empty tomb ch.htm

Love and Life.
... spices, for another disciple who had not dared to follow Jesus openly had come with
a mixture of myrrh and aloes of a hundred pounds weight to embalm the body ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xliv love and life.htm

When Christ Ate the Passover.
... business upon it, for Simon Cyrenian to carry the cross, or for Joseph of Arimathea
to bring a hundred pounds weight of myrrh and aloes to embalm and bury the ...
/.../the new testament commentary vol iii john/when christ ate the passover.htm

Life and Character of John
... hired servants; his mother belonged to the noble band of women who followed Jesus
and supported him with their means, who purchased spices to embalm him, who ...
/.../history of the christian church volume i/section 41 life and character.htm

Thesaurus

Embalm (4 Occurrences)
...Embalm (4 Occurrences). ... (DBY). Genesis 50:2 Joseph commanded his servants, the
physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel. ...
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Embalmed (3 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Embalm. ... Genesis 50:2 Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians,
to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel. ...
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Commandeth (60 Occurrences)
... Genesis 50:2 and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm
his father, and the physicians embalm Israel; (YLT). Exodus ...
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Ematheis

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Egyptians (108 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Genesis 50:3 Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the
days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days. ...
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Myrrh (22 Occurrences)
... mingled with wine as an anesthetic to the suffering Redeemer, and in John 19:39
a "mixture of myrrh and aloes" is brought by Nicodemus to embalm the sacred body ...
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Physicians (5 Occurrences)
... Genesis 50:2 Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father;
and the physicians embalmed Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Aromatic (6 Occurrences)
... Mark 16:1 And the sabbath being now past, Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of
James, and Salome, bought aromatic spices that they might come and embalm him ...
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Aloes (5 Occurrences)
... Nicodemus brought it (pounded aloe-wood) to embalm the body of Christ (John 19:39);
but whether this was the same as that mentioned elsewhere is uncertain. ...
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Required (72 Occurrences)
... Genesis 50:3 Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days
it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days. ...
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Bible Concordance

Embalm (4 Occurrences)

Mark 16:1 And the sabbath being now past, Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought aromatic spices that they might come and embalm him.
(DBY)

Genesis 50:2 Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 50:3 Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Embalm

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Embalmed (3 Occurrences)

Commandeth (60 Occurrences)

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Egyptians (108 Occurrences)

Myrrh (22 Occurrences)

Physicians (5 Occurrences)

Aromatic (6 Occurrences)

Aloes (5 Occurrences)

Required (72 Occurrences)