Algum

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Almug \Al"mug\, Algum \Al"gum\, n. [Heb., perh. borrowed fr.
     Skr. valguka sandalwood.] (Script.)
     A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
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     Note: Most writers at the present day follow Celsius, who


           takes it to be the red sandalwood of China and the
           Indian Archipelago. --W. Smith.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Algum \Al"gum\, n.
     Same as {Almug} (and etymologically preferable). --2 Chron.
     ii. 8.
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Algum
     (2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10,11), the same as almug (1 Kings 10:11).