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Camphire

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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(Heb. copher), mentioned in Song of Solomon 1:14 (RSV, "henna-flowers"); 4:13 (RSV, "henna"), is the al-henna of the Arabs, a native of Egypt, producing clusters of small white and yellow odoriferous flowers, whence is made the Oleum Cyprineum. From its leaves is made the peculiar auburn dye with which Eastern women stain their nails and the palms of their hands. It is found only at Engedi, on the shore of the Dead Sea. It is known to botanists by the name Lawsonia alba or inermis, a kind of privet, which grows 6 or 8 feet high. The margin of the Authorized Version of the passages above referred to has "or cypress," not with reference to the conifer so called, but to the circumstance that one of the most highly appreciated species of this plant grew in the island of Cyprus.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Camphire'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​c/camphire.html. 1897.
 
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