Jump to: Smith's • ATS • ISBE • Easton's • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources Smith's Bible Dictionary Bdellium(bedolach). (Genesis 2:12; Numbers 11:7) It is quite impossible to say whether bedolach denotes a mineral or an animal production or a vegetable exudation. Bdellium is an odoriferous exudation from a tree which is perhaps the Borassus flabelliformis , Lin., of Arabia Felix. ATS Bible Dictionary BdelliumCommonly supposed to mean the aromatic gum of a tree growing near the Persian gulf, etc. It is transparent, and bitter to the taste, yet very fragrant while burning. But the substance so called, whatever is was, is mentioned in connection with gold and gems; while gum is certainly not so remarkable a gift of nature as to deserve this classification, or as that the production of it should confer on Havilah a peculiar celebrity, Genesis 2:12. Hence the opinion of the Jewish writers is not to be contemned, namely, that pearls are to be here understood, of which great quantities are found on the shores of the Persian gulf and in India, and which might not inaptly be compared with manna, as in Numbers 11:7. Easton's Bible Dictionary Occurs only in Genesis 2:12, where it designates a product of the land of Havilah; and in Numbers 11:7, where the manna is likened to it in colour. It was probably an aromatic gum like balsam which exuded from a particular tree (Borassus flabelliformis) still found in Arabia, Media, and India. It bears a resemblance in colour to myrrh. Others think the word denotes "pearls," or some precious stone. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.2. (n.) A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia BDELLIUMdel'-i-um (bedholach): The word occurs twice in the Pentateuch: Strong's Hebrew 916. bedolach -- probably bdellium... 915, 916. bedolach. 917 . probably bdellium. Transliteration: bedolach Phonetic Spelling: (bed-o'-lakh) Short Definition: bdellium. ... /hebrew/916.htm - 6k Library The Scriptural Account of Paradise. Further Use Made of the System of the Phrygians; Mode of ... How Moses when He had Brought the People Out of Egypt Led Genesis. Chapter ii Thesaurus Bdellium (2 Occurrences)... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BDELLIUM. ...Bdellium (2 Occurrences). Genesis 2:12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. ... /b/bdellium.htm - 8k Havilah (7 Occurrences) Manna (19 Occurrences) Onyx-stone (1 Occurrence) Resin (4 Occurrences) Pison (1 Occurrence) Pishon (1 Occurrence) Bazluth (1 Occurrence) Bdolach (2 Occurrences) Coriander-seed (2 Occurrences) Resources What is the meaning of Pishon in the Bible? | GotQuestions.orgWhat was manna? | GotQuestions.org Bdellium: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Bdellium (2 Occurrences)Genesis 2:12 Numbers 11:7 Subtopics Bdellium: General Scriptures Concerning Related Terms |