מֶרְקָחָהmerqâchâh/mer-kaw-khaw'/
HebrewH48412 occurrences (KJV)
abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil)
KJV renders it: pot of ointment, [idiom] well.
Where it appears
- Job 41:31He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
- Ezek 24:10Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil the meat well, and make the broth thick, and let the bones be burned.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.