almug
[ al-muh g, awl- ]
/ ˈæl məg, ˈɔl- /
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noun Bible.
a tree, possibly the red sandalwood. I Kings 10:12.
Nearby words
Compare algum.
Origin of almug
1605–15; cf. algum
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Examples from the Web for almug
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.
The Bible Story|Rev. Newton Marshall HallShe has not come to prove him with hard questions, but to repose under his almug trees.
A Dream of Empire|William Henry VenableNo Jewish lexicon tells us of almug or algum trees; no Hebrew writer undertakes to describe them.
Prehistoric Structures of Central America|Martin Ingham Townsend