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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bdellium \Bdel"lium\, n. [L., fr Gr ?; cf Heb. b'dolakh bdellium (in sense 1).] 1. 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. A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa. Note: Indian bdellium or false myrrh is an exudation from Balsamodendron Roxb?rghii. Other kinds are known as African, Sicilian, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bdellium n : aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bdellium occurs only in Gen. 2:12, where it designates a product of the land of Havilah; and in Num. 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.
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