aloe, lign-aloe, a tree which grows in India and Cochin-China, the wood of which is soft and bitter, though highly aromatic. It is used by the Orientals as a perfume; and employed for the purposes of embalming, Jn. 19:39*
Greek-English Concordance for ἀλόη
John 19:39
Nicodemus, who earlier had come to Jesus at night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes (aloēs | ἀλόης | gen sg fem), about seventy-five pounds.
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