HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H418
אַלְגּוּמִּים
al.gum.mim — algum
a tree (from Lebanon), algum trees
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Algum
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
(2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10, 11), the same as almug (1 Kings 10:11).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.