Lexicon
aloé: aloe
Original Word: ἀλόη, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: aloé
Phonetic Spelling: (al-o-ay')
Short Definition: aloes
Definition: aloes, the powdered fragrant aloe wood.
HELPS word-Studies
250 alóē – "The strongly aromatic, quick-drying sap of a tree (the Aquillaria) – mixed with myrrh and used for embalming" (BAGD); "the true aloe plant (Aloē succotrina Lam, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 1:99).
250 (aloē) was used in ancient times for embalming fluid mixed with myrrh. Aloē is used in the Septuagint (S of Sol 4:14) as a "spice of love."
[It probably refers to an aromatic substance derived from the eaglewood tree (Aquilaria agallocha, ibid), CBL.]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originof uncertain origin
Definitionaloe
NASB Translationaloes (1).