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Definition: ALMUG


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An alternative spelling for "Algum": A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Almug" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1611. (references)

Specialty Definition: ALMUG

Domain	Definition
Bible	Almug (1 Kings 10:11, 12) = algum (2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10, 11), in the Hebrew occurring only in the plural _almuggim_ (indicating that the wood was brought in planks), the name of a wood brought from Ophir to be used in the building of the temple, and for other purposes. Some suppose it to have been the white sandal-wood of India, the Santalum album of botanists, a native of the mountainous parts of the Malabar coasts. It is a fragrant wood, and is used in China for incense in idol-worship. Others, with some probability, think that it was the Indian red sandal-wood, the pterocarpus santalinus, a heavy, fine-grained wood, the Sanscrit name of which is valguka. It is found on the Coromandel coast and in Ceylon. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
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Specialty Expressions: ALMUG

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Almug Trees	Bible	See Algum trees. (references)
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Definition: ALMUG


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An alternative spelling for "Algum": A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Date "ALMUG" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1611. (references)

Specialty Definition: ALMUG

Domain	Definition
Bible	Almug (1 Kings 10:11, 12) = algum (2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10, 11), in the Hebrew occurring only in the plural _almuggim_ (indicating that the wood was brought in planks), the name of a wood brought from Ophir to be used in the building of the temple, and for other purposes. Some suppose it to have been the white sandal-wood of India, the Santalum album of botanists, a native of the mountainous parts of the Malabar coasts. It is a fragrant wood, and is used in China for incense in idol-worship. Others, with some probability, think that it was the Indian red sandal-wood, the pterocarpus santalinus, a heavy, fine-grained wood, the Sanscrit name of which is valguka. It is found on the Coromandel coast and in Ceylon. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top

Specialty Expressions: ALMUG

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Almug Trees	Bible	See Algum trees. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top