Strong’s H4841 · Hebrew
מֶרְקָחָה
merqâchâh · mer-kaw-khaw'
Origin feminine of מֶרְקָח (H4840);
Meaning abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil)
In the King James Version pot of ointment, [idiom] well.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Job 41:31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
- Ezekiel 24:10Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.