{
  "id": "balm",
  "name": "Balm",
  "aliases": [],
  "originalTerms": [],
  "shortDefinition": "Healing/resin substance used literally and rhetorically.",
  "biblicalUse": "Balm is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.",
  "symbolicUse": "",
  "usageTypes": [],
  "relatedItems": [],
  "verses": [
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 8:22",
      "book": "Jeremiah",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 22,
      "netUrl": "/bible/net/jeremiah/8/#jeremiah-8-22",
      "occurrenceType": "listed_reference",
      "usageType": "rhetorical",
      "note": "Listed reference for this Bible Everyday Life item.",
      "reviewStatus": "listed"
    }
  ],
  "reviewStatus": "listed",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-06-14",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "medicine-perfume-spices",
      "title": "Medicine, Perfume and Spices in Scripture",
      "url": "/bible-everyday-life/medicine-perfume-spices/"
    }
  ],
  "url": "/bible-everyday-life/items/balm/",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/bible-everyday-life/items/balm/",
  "localStrongEvidence": {
    "source": "/data/bible-everyday-life/local-strongs-audit.json",
    "matchCount": 1,
    "uniqueStrongNumbers": [
      "H6875"
    ],
    "matches": [
      {
        "itemId": "balm",
        "itemName": "Balm",
        "reference": "Jeremiah 8:22",
        "localKjvReference": "Jeremiah 8:22",
        "book": "Jeremiah",
        "chapter": 8,
        "verse": 22,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/jeremiah/8/#jeremiah-8-22",
        "tokenText": "no balm",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "H6875"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "H6875"
        ],
        "primaryStrong": "H6875",
        "morph": "",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [],
        "matchTerm": "Balm",
        "matchTermNormalized": "balm",
        "matchSource": "item_name",
        "confidence": "high",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
          "H6875"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "strongsOccurrenceExpansion": {
    "source": "/data/bible-everyday-life/strongs-occurrence-expansion.json",
    "occurrenceCount": 6,
    "uniqueReferenceCount": 6,
    "bookCount": 3,
    "strongs": [
      "H6875"
    ]
  },
  "occurrencePrecision": {
    "level": "tighter lexical range",
    "readerGuidance": "Best used as a direct lexical occurrence set, while still checking the surrounding verse context.",
    "listedReferenceCount": 1,
    "expandedUniqueReferenceCount": 6,
    "expandedOccurrenceCount": 6,
    "bookCount": 3
  }
}