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Frankincense
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or FRANKINCENSE ( lebônâh; Gr. libanos Matthew 2:11 , Revelation 18:13 ). Frankincense is in six passages ( Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 60:6; Isaiah 66:3 , Jeremiah 6:20; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 41:5 ) mistranslated in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘ incense ,’ but correctly in RV [Note: Revised Version.] . It is a sweet-smelling gum, obtained as a milky exudation from various species of Boswellia , the frankincense tree, an ally of the terebinth. The gum was imported from S. Arabia ( Isaiah 60:6 , Jeremiah 6:20 ); it was a constituent of incense ( Exodus 30:34 ); it is often associated with myrrh ( Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 4:6 , Matthew 2:11 ); it was offered with the shewbread ( Leviticus 24:7 ).
E. W. G. Masterman.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Frankincense'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/f/frankincense.html. 1909.
