Aloe denotes an aromatic substance included with myrrh in a mixture borne by Nicodemus.

The attested use places aloe as part of a mixture with myrrh that Nicodemus was bearing.

1. Aromatic substance in a myrrh mixture · dominant

   In John 19:39, the genitive singular feminine form occurs in the phrase describing a mixture of myrrh and aloe that Nicodemus was bearing; the APB renders the clause “bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes.”

   John 19:39

In the Anselm Project Bible: In John 19:39, the APB presents the term within “a mixture of myrrh and aloes.” The verse is read as a whole, but the clause identifies it as one component of the mixture.