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Incense
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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denotes "fragrant stuff for burning, incense" (from thuo, "to offer in sacrifice"), Luke 1:10,11; in the plural, Revelation 5:8; 18:13 , RV (AV, "odors"); Revelation 8:3,4 , signifying "frankincense" here. In connection with the tabenacle, the "incense" was to be prepared from stacte, onycha, and galbanum, with pure frankincense, an equal weight of each; imitation for private use was forbidden, Exodus 30:34-38 . See ODOR. Cp. thumiaterion, "a censer," Hebrews 9:4 , and libanos, "frankincense," Revelation 18:13; see FRANKINCENSE.
"to burn incense" (see A), is found in Luke 1:9 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Incense'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/i/incense.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Incense'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/i/incense.html. 1940.
