English Dictionary

balm of Gilead

名詞

不可算名詞 比喩的用法

A rare perfume produced in Gilead and used medicinally, mentioned in the Bible. It is sometimes thought to have come from the plant Commiphora gileadensis, and sometimes from a terebinth tree in the genus Pistacia.

日本語の意味

ギレアド地方で生産される稀な香油で、医療用や宗教的な文脈で用いられる（聖書に記述がある）。 / 伝統的にCommiphora gileadensis または Pistacia 属の樹木から採取されると考えられている香料

The old apothecary claimed that only a few drops of balm of Gilead were needed to soothe the wounded soldier's pain.

年老いた薬剤師は、ギレアデの香油がほんの数滴あれば負傷した兵士の痛みを和らげるのに十分だと主張した。

意味（1）

A rare perfume produced in Gilead and used medicinally, mentioned in the Bible. It is sometimes thought to have come from the plant Commiphora gileadensis, and sometimes from a terebinth tree in the genus Pistacia.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A remedy believed to cure all disease; panacea.

The consummation of marriage involves the mightiest issues of life and is the most holy and sacred right recognized by man, and it is the Balm of Gilead for many ills. Masturbation or prostitution soon blight the brightest prospects a young man may have.