Original Word: σμυρνίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: smurnizó
Phonetic Spelling: (smoor-nid'-zo)
Short Definition: I mingle with myrrh
Definition: I mingle with myrrh.

4669 smyrnízō (from 4666 /smýrna, "myrrh") – properly, mingle with myrrh, a bitter herb given to help deaden the pain of criminals sentenced to crucifixion.

[Wine mixed with gall was commonly offered to dying criminals as a pain-deadener. This cheap wine was routinely given to people condemned to brutal execution.]

STRONGS NT 4669: σμυρνίζω

σμυρνίζω: (σμύρνα, which see);

1. intransitive, to be like myrrh (Dioscorides (?) 1, 79).

2. to mix and so flavor with myrrh: οἶνος ἐσμυρνισμενος (perfect passive participle) wine (A. V. mingled) with myrrh (Vulg.murratum vinum), i. e. flavored or (Pliny, h. n. 14, 15) made fragrant with myrrh: Mark 15:23. But since the ancients used to infuse myrrh into wine in order to give it a more agreeable fragrance and flavor, we must in this matter accept Matthew's account (Matthew 27:34, viz. 'mingled with gall') as by far the more probable; (but see χολή, 2).

mingle with myrrh.

From Smurna; to tincture with myrrh, i.e. Embitter (as a narcotic) -- mingle with myrrh.

see GREEK Smurna

εσμυρνισμενον εσμυρνισμένον ἐσμυρνισμένον esmurnismenon esmyrnismenon esmyrnisménonInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts