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Mint
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Mentha spicata SPEARMINT. Jardim Botânico da Madeira.
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Comments: Inflorescence of Mentha spicata
Mint. Mentha spp. ἡδύοσμον, hēduosmon - Strongs: G2238.
From Easton: Mint - (Gr. heduosmon, i.e., "having a sweet smell"), one of the garden herbs of which the Pharisees paid tithes (Matthew 23:23; Luke 11:42). It belongs to the labiate family of plants. The species most common in Syria is the Mentha sylvestris, the wild mint, which grows much larger than the garden mint (M. sativa). It was much used in domestic economy as a condiment, and also as a medicine. The paying of tithes of mint was in accordance with the Mosiac law (Deuteronomy 14:22), but the error of the Pharisees lay in their being more careful about this little matter of the mint than about weightier matters.
Verses:
- Matthew 23:23
- Luke 11:42
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