Definitions for bdellium
ˈdɛl i əm, -yəmbdel·li·um

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. bdelliumnoun

   aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bdelliumnoun

   Probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BDELLIUMnoun

   An aromatick gum brought from the Levant, used as a medicine and a perfume. Bdellium is mentioned both by the ancient naturalists and in scripture; but it is doubtful whether any of these be the same with the modern kind. Ephraim Chambers

   Etymology: βδελλιον; בךלה.

   This bdellium is a tree of the bigness of an olive, whereof Arabia hath great plenty, which yieldeth a certain gum, sweet to smell to, but bitter in taste, called also bdellium. The Hebrews take the loadstone for bdellium. Walter Raleigh, History.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bdellium

   Bdellium (also bdellion or false myrrh) is a semi-transparent oleo-gum resin extracted from Commiphora wightii plants of India, and from Commiphora africana trees growing in sub-saharan Africa. According to Pliny the best quality came from Bactria. Other named sources for the resin are India, Arabia, Media, and Babylon.

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1. bdellium

   Bdellium is a fragrant natural gum resin extracted from certain trees like Commiphora wightii and Commiphora africana, found in Africa and Asia. It is generally yellowish or reddish-brown and is used in perfumery and incense. The term is also mentioned in the Bible, often in relation with the manna found in the desert by the Israelites.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Bdelliumnoun

   an unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia

2. Bdelliumnoun

   a gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa

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1. Bdellium

   Bdellium, also bdellion, is an aromatic gum like myrrh that is exuded from a tree. An Arab writer first made the identification with gum guggul, the species Commiphora wightii, although "bdellium" has also been used to identify the African species Commiphora africana and at least one other Indian species, C. stocksiana. Bdellium was an adulterant of the more costly myrrh; guggul is still used as a binder in perfumes. The word bedolach occurs only twice in the Hebrew Bible. The first is in Genesis 2:12, where it is described as a product of the land of Havilah; the context has led some readers to link bedolach with pearls or other precious stones. Bdellium is mentioned once again, as something familiar, in Numbers 11:7, where manna is compared to it in color: Bdellium appears in a number of ancient sources. In Akkadian, it was known as budulhu, in Sanskrit gulgulu. Theophrastus is perhaps the first classical author to mention it, if the report that came back from his informant in Alexander's expedition refers to Commiphora wightii: "In the region called Aria there is a thorn tree which produces a tear of resin, resembling myrrh in appearance and odour. It liquifies when the sun shines upon it." Plautus in his play Curculio refers to it. Pliny the Elder describes the best bdellium coming from Bactria as a "tree black in colour, and the size of the olive tree; its leaf resembles that of the oak and its fruit the wild fig", but his descriptions seem to cover a range of strongly perfumed resins. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, of the 2nd century CE, reports that bdella are exported from the port of Barbarice at the mouth of the Indus. In China, bdellium, known as an hsi hsiang or "Parthian aromatic", was among the varieties of incense that reached China either along the Silk Route from Central Asia, or by sea. Later an hsi hsiang was applied to an East Indian substitute, gum benzoin from Sumatra.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bdellium

   del′i-um, n. a kind of gum. [Gr. bdellion, used to translate, but prob. unconnected with Heb. b'dōlakh, Gen. ii. 12.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bdellium in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bdellium in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bdellium
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bdellium
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bdellium
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bdellium
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bdellium
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bdellium
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bdellium