Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4842: מִרְקַחַת

mirqachath · pronounced meer-kakh'-ath · “ointment”

Definition

an aromatic unguent; also an unguent-pot

KJV translates it as: prepared by the apothecaries' art, compound, ointment.

Word origin: from H7543 (רָקַח);

Extended definition

1) ointment, mixture of ointment
2) ointment-pot

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4842 is translated

  • an ointment-pot ×1
  • mixture ×1
  • ointment of ×1

Bible verses with H4842 (mirqachath)

Mirqachath appears in 3 verses.

  • Exodus 30:25

    And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:30

    And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:14

    And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.