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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: κινάμωμον

(Strong's #2792 — Noun Neuter — kinnamomon — kin-am'-o-mon )

is derived from an Arabic word signifying "to emit a smell;" the substance was an ingredient in the holy oil for anointing, Exodus 30:23 . See also Proverbs 7:17; Song of Song of Solomon 4:14 . In the NT it is found in Revelation 18:13 . The cinnamon of the present day is the inner bark of an aromatic tree called canella zeylanica.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Cinnamon'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/cinnamon.html. 1940.
 
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