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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 174. אֲהָלִים (ahalim) -- Aloes</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/174.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/proverbs/7-17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/174.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 174</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/173.htm" title="173">◄</a> 174. ahalim <a href="../hebrew/175.htm" title="175">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">ahalim: Aloes</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">אֲהָלִים</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>ahaliym<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ah-haw-leem'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(a-haw-leem')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Aloes<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>aloe wood<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root אָהָל (ahal), which refers to a type of fragrant tree or its product.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent in the Strong's Concordance for "ahalim," but the concept of fragrant spices and perfumes can be related to Greek terms such as μύρον (myron - G3464), which refers to ointment or perfume.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "ahal" or "ahalim" refers to a fragrant wood or resin, often identified with aloeswood or lignum aloes. In biblical contexts, it is associated with perfumes, incense, and burial spices due to its pleasant aroma and preservative qualities.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, aloeswood was highly valued for its fragrance and was often used in religious rituals, royal ceremonies, and burial practices. It was considered a luxury item, imported from distant lands, and was used by the wealthy and powerful. The wood's aromatic properties made it a symbol of opulence and divine favor.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>the aloe (a tree)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>aloes (4).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> III. [<font class="hebrew2">אהל</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>odorific tree</b></font>, aloe (?) (? loan-word from Sanskrit <i><em>aguru</em></i>, <em>agaru</em>, dialect <em>aghil</em>, compare Wilson<sup>Skr. Dict</sup>.; M. Müller in Pusey<sup>Daniel 2d ed. p. 647 f</sup>; <em>aloÎxylon agallochum</em> (compare Sigismund<sup>Aromata, Leipz. 1884, p. 38 f,</sup> MV cite Kondracki<sup>Beitr. z. Kenntn. d. Aloe, Dorpat 1874 &</sup> Baer<sup>Reden III, 293 f</sup>); others <em>aloe succotrina</em> (Schenkel<sup>BL</sup>, compare Di ad <a href="/interlinear/numbers/24-6.htm">Numbers 24:6</a>); Wetzst in De<sup>Song of Solomon 2d ed. 167</sup> brings under I. <font class="hebrew2">אהל</font>; he proposes <em>cardamum</em>, Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb001401.gif"> from <img src="/bdbgif/bdb001402.gif"> = <em>little tents</em>, from three-cornered shape of capsules) <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> plural <font class="hebrew2">אֲהָלִים</font> trees planted by <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font> <a href="/interlinear/numbers/24-6.htm">Numbers 24:6</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">ארזים</font> perhaps error for <font class="hebrew2">אֵילִים</font> compare Di. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <em>aloes</em>, as sweet-smelling; perfume for bed, <font class="hebrew2">אֲהָלִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/7-17.htm">Proverbs 7:17</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מֹר</font>, <font class="hebrew2">קִנָּמוֺן</font>); for garments <font class="hebrew2">אֲהָלוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/45-9.htm">Psalm 45:9</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מֹר</font>, <font class="hebrew2">קְצִיעוֺת</font>); of bride, under figure of odorific tree <a href="/interlinear/songs/4-14.htm">Songs 4:14</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מֹר</font>, <font class="hebrew2">כָּלרָֿאשֵׁי בְשָׂמִים</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>tree of aloes <p>Or (feminine) ahalowth {a-haw-loth'} (only used thus in the plural); of foreign origin; aloe wood (i.e. Sticks) -- (tree of lign-) aloes. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים אהלים וַאֲהָל֔וֹת וַאֲהָל֣וֹת ואהלות כַּאֲהָלִים֙ כאהלים ’ă·hā·lîm ’ăhālîm ahaLim ka’ăhālîm ka·’ă·hā·lîm kaahaLim vaahaLot wa’ăhālōwṯ wa·’ă·hā·lō·wṯ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/numbers/24-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Numbers 24:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲלֵ֣י נָהָ֑ר <b> כַּאֲהָלִים֙ </b> נָטַ֣ע יְהוָ֔ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/numbers/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the river, <span class="itali">Like aloes</span> planted<br><a href="/kjvs/numbers/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> by the river's side, <span class="itali">as the trees of lign aloes</span> which the LORD<br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/24-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> beside the river <span class="itali">aloes</span> planted the LORD<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/45-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 45:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/45.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> מֹר־ <b> וַאֲהָל֣וֹת </b> קְ֭צִיעוֹת כָּל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/45.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> are [fragrant with] myrrh <span class="itali">and aloes</span> [and] cassia;<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/45.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [smell] of myrrh, <span class="itali">and aloes,</span> [and] cassia,<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/45-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> myrrh <span class="itali">and aloes</span> cassia All<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/7-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 7:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר <b> אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים </b> וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> my bed With myrrh, <span class="itali">aloes</span> and cinnamon.<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with myrrh, <span class="itali">aloes,</span> and cinnamon.<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/7-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> my bed myrrh <span class="itali">aloes</span> and cinnamon<p><b><a href="/text/songs/4-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Songs 4:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/songs/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְבוֹנָ֑ה מֹ֚ר <b> וַאֲהָל֔וֹת </b> עִ֖ם כָּל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/songs/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Myrrh <span class="itali">and aloes,</span> along<br><a href="/kjvs/songs/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> myrrh <span class="itali">and aloes,</span> with all the chief<br><a href="/interlinear/songs/4-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of frankincense Myrrh <span class="itali">and aloes</span> along all<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_174.htm">4 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_174.htm">Strong's Hebrew 174<br>4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/ahalim_174.htm">’ă·hā·lîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kaahalim_174.htm">ka·’ă·hā·lîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaahalot_174.htm">wa·’ă·hā·lō·wṯ — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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