STRONGS NUMBER H4841


Word Summary
merqachah: an ointment pot
Original Word: מִרְקָחָה
Transliteration: merqachah
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-kaw-khaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: an ointment pot
Meaning: a seasoning, an unguentkettle
Strong's Concordance
pot of ointment, well

Feminine of merqach; abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguent-kettle (for preparing spiced oil) -- pot of ointment, X well.

see HEBREW merqach

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4841. merqachah

מֶרְקָחָהnoun feminine 1. ointment-pot, in which ointment is compounded, Job 41:23 (figurative).

2 spice-seasoning (?); as accusative of congnate meaning with verb see v

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