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Spices

Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects

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Comments: Spices, dried herbs, dried peppers, seeds, and legumes at a vendor's stall in Acre’s Old City Market in Israel.

 

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Comments: Jerusalem Old city, David street - best spice shop

 

Spices.

Plants of the Bible, Catholic Encyclopedia: Spices translates three Heb. words: (1) sammum סַמִּ֗יםsamîm - Strongs: H5561, a generic word including galbanum onycha, the operculum of a strombus, and stacte; (2) בֹּ֖שֶׂםbōśem - Strongs: H1314, another generic term under which come myrrh, cinnamon, sweet cane, and cassia; (3) נְכֹ֣אתnĕkōt - Strongs: H5219, possibly the same substance as Arab. noka’ath.

New Testament: ἄρωμα arōma - Strongs: G759.

From Easton: Spices - aromatic substances, of which several are named in Exodus 30:0. They were used in the sacred anointing oil (Exodus 25:6; Exodus 35:8; 1 Chronicles 9:29), and in embalming the dead (2 Chronicles 16:14; Luke 23:56; Luke 24:1; John 19:39, John 19:40). Spices were stored by Hezekiah in his treasure-house (2 Kings 20:13; Isaiah 39:2).

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Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​s/spices.html. 2024.