1 | Strong's Number: g3030 | Greek: libanos |
Frankincense:
from a Semitic verb signifying "to be white," is a vegetable resin, bitter and glittering, obtained by incisions in the bark of the arbor thuris, "the incense tree," and especially imported through Arabia; it was used for fumigation at sacrifices, Exd 30:7, etc., or for perfume, S. of Sol., 3:6. The Indian variety is called looban. It was among the offerings brought by the wise men, Mat 2:11. In Rev 18:13 it is listed among the commodities of Babylon. The "incense" of Rev 8:3 should be "frankincense." Cp. INCENSE.
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