Word Study · Strong's H4841 · Hebrew
מֶרְקָחָה
merqachah
mer-kaw-khaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: merqâchâh
“abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil)
Rendered in the KJV as
pot of ointment, [idiom] well.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הַמֶּרְקָחָ֔ה1
- כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- like the pot of ointment1
- the seasoning1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
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- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
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