embalm / embalmedPreserve from decay; to prepare the body for burial. In past times it involved anointing the body with oil and spices; the body was then wrapped in linen; today a chemical is injected into the body, removing the blood, preserving the body for a period of time. Examples of preparation of the dead: Mark 15:46; 16:1; John 19:39, 40.the physicians to embalm his father: Gen 50:2and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. Gen 50:26
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