Almug

A kind of tree or wood, which Hiram brought from Ophir for the use of Solomon in making pillars for the temple and his own house, and also musical instruments, 1 Kings 10:11 2 Chronicles 2:8. The rabbins call it coral; but it could not be this. It was more probably the tree, which furnishes what is now commonly called Brazil wood, which is also a native of the East Indies, Siam, the Molucca islands, and Japan, and has several species. Its wood is very durable, and is used in fine cabinet work. It yields also a dye of a beautiful red color, for which it is much used. Its resemblance in color to coral may have given occasion for the name almug, which in rabbinic still signifies coral; and thus the meaning of the name would be coral-wood.

(1 Kings 10:11, 12) = algum (2 Chronicles 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. (n.) Alt. of Algum.ALMUG; ALGUM

al'-gum, ('algummim (2 Chronicles 2:8; 2 Chronicles 9:10); ('almuggim, 1 Kings 10:11)): It is generally supposed that these two names refer to one kind of tree, the consonants being transposed as is not uncommon in Semitic words. Solomon sent to Hiram, king of Tyre, saying, "Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and algum-trees, out of Lebanon" (2 Chronicles 2:8). In 1 Kings 10:11 it is said that the navy of Hiram "that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones." In the parallel passage in 2 Chronicles 9:10 it is said that "algum-trees and precious stones" were brought. From this wood "the king made. pillars for the house of Yahweh, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug-trees, nor were seen, unto this day" (1 Kings 10:12). The wood was evidently very precious and apparently came from East Asia-unless we suppose from 2 Chronicles 2:8 that it actually grew on Lebanon, which is highly improbable; it was evidently a fine, close grained wood, suitable for carving. Tradition says that this was the famous sandal wood, which was in ancient times put to similar uses in India and was all through the ages highly prized for its color, fragrance, durability and texture. It is the wood of a tree, Pterocar pussantalinus (N.D. Santalaceae), which grows to a height of 25 to 30 feet; it is a native of the mountains of Malabar.

E. W. G. Masterman

484. almuggim -- perhaps the sandalwood tree
... 483, 484. almuggim. 485 . perhaps the sandalwood tree. Transliteration: almuggim
Phonetic Spelling: (al-moog-gheem') Short Definition: almug. ... almug trees. ...
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A Royal Seeker after Wisdom
... And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from
Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.12. ...
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Results of Transgression
... from Tyre, "with the servants of Solomon," manned these vessels on voyages "to Ophir,
and fetched from thence gold," and "great plenty of almug trees, and ...
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The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 6. <. ...
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Almug (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) Alt. of Algum. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
ALMUG; ALGUM. ... EWG Masterman. Multi-Version Concordance Almug (2 Occurrences). ...
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Almug-trees (2 Occurrences)
Almug-trees. Almug, Almug-trees. Almugwood . Multi-Version
Concordance Almug-trees (2 Occurrences). 1 Kings 10:11 And ...
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Algum (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (2 Chronicles 2:8; 9:10, 11), the same as almug (1
Kings 10:11). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) Same as Almug. ...
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Almugwood (2 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 10:11 And also, the navy of Hiram that bore gold from Ophir, brought in
from Ophir almug-trees very many, and precious stone; (See NIV). ...
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Sandal-wood (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought
in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones. ...
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Ophir (12 Occurrences)
... with Phoenician vessels set out from Ezion-geber at the head of the Gulf of Aqabah,
returning with great stores of gold, precious stones and "almug"-wood (1 ...
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Lyres (21 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 10:12 The king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Yahweh,
and for the king's house, harps also and stringed instruments for the singers ...
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Imported (9 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 10:12 The king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Yahweh,
and for the king's house, harps also and stringed instruments for the singers ...
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Psalteries (16 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the
LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there ...
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Stringed (34 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 10:12 The king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Yahweh,
and for the king's house, harps also and stringed instruments for the singers ...
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