KJV dictionary & concordance

algum

Meaning of “algum”

A kind of wood used for terraces and musical instruments.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

3 occurrences3 verses1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Chronicles 2:8

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2 Chronicles 2:8

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Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 2:8 · retained source text

Send me also Cedar trees, firre trees, and Algume trees, out of Lebanon: (for I know that thy seruants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon) and behold, my seruants shalbe with thy seruants,

1611 marginal noteOr, Almuggim, 1.Kin. 10.11.

2 Chronicles 9:10

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And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 9:10 · retained source text

And the seruants also of Huram, and the seruants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought Algume trees and, precious stones.

2 Chronicles 9:11

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And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 9:11 · retained source text

And the king made of the Algume trees, terrises to the house of the LORD, and to the kings palace, and harpes and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seene before in the laud of Iudah.

1611 marginal noteOr, staires: Heb. high wayes.

Source order

Definition evidence

1 · KJV context and cross-references

1 Kings 10:11 1 Kings 10:12 2 Chronicles 2:8 2 Chronicles 9:10 2 Chronicles 9:11

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

In scripture, a tree or wood about which the learned are not agreed.

volume 1, leaf 154, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 9)