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Myrrh in the Bible

The word myrrh appears 17 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Myrrh is a costly spice for anointing and burial. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What myrrh means in the Bible

Myrrh is a costly spice for anointing and burial.

Where the word myrrh appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word myrrh appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.”Genesis 37:25

“Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,”Exodus 30:23

“All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.”Psalms 45:8

“I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.”Proverbs 7:17

“Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?”Song of Solomon 3:6

“And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.”Matthew 2:11

“And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.”Mark 15:23

“And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.”John 19:39