Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bdellium

/ˈdɛ.li.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: b-del-li-um
IPA: /ˈdɛ.li.əm/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aromatic gum-like balsam extracted from one of several species of tree in the genus Commiphora.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bdellium, from Ancient Greek βδέλλιον (bdéllion), itself perhaps from Hebrew בְּדֹלַח (bdólakh), cognate with Akkadian 𒁉𒁺𒌨𒄷 (bidurḫu) or from Sanskrit भिदुर (bhidura, “something brittle, fragile, easily split or broken”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: βδέλλιον, בדולח, भिदुर, भिद्

Usage

Inflected Forms

bdelliums (plural)

Phrases

African bdellium Indian bdellium Sicilian bdellium

Homonyms

Delium

Rhymes With

telium delium

Questions

How do you pronounce bdellium?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɛ.li.əm/.
What does bdellium mean?: An aromatic gum-like balsam extracted from one of several species of tree in the genus Commiphora.
Where does bdellium come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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