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almug

American  
[al-muhg, awl-] / ˈæl məg, ˈɔl- /

noun

  1. a tree mentioned in the Bible, possibly the red sandalwood.


Etymology

Origin of almug

First recorded in 1605–15; algum

Example Sentences

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And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander

There came no such almug trees nor were seen unto this day.”

From Prehistoric Structures of Central America Who Erected Them? by Townsend, Martin I. (Martin Ingham)

And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

No Jewish lexicon tells us of almug or algum trees; no Hebrew writer undertakes to describe them.

From Prehistoric Structures of Central America Who Erected Them? by Townsend, Martin I. (Martin Ingham)

She has not come to prove him with hard questions, but to repose under his almug trees.

From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry