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B'ALM, n. bam.
1. The sap or juice of trees or shrubs remarkable odoriferous or aromatic.
2. Any fragrant or valuable ointment.
3. Anything which heals, or which soothes or mitigates pain.
4. In botany, the name of several plants, particularly of the genus Melissa. They are aromatic and used as corroborants.
Balm of Gilead. A plant of the genus Amyris. Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent and from this plant is obtained the balm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca or of Syria. It has a yellowish or greenish color, a warm bitterish aromatic taste, and an acidulous fragrant smell. It is valued as an odoriferous unguent, and cosmetic, by the Turks, who possess the country of its growth, and hence it is adulterated for market.
B'ALM, To anoint with balm, or with any thing medicinal.
2. To soothe to mitigate to assuage.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Balm'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/balm.html.
Entry for 'Balm'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/balm.html.
