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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Embalming
Thompson Chain Reference
• Embalming
Torrey Topical Textbook
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Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Embalming
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Embalming
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Embalm
Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Embalming
King James Dictionary
• Embalmed
• Embalm
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Embalming
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Embalm
People's Bible Dictionary
• Embalming
Smith Bible Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Embalming
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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• Embalming the Dead
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
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• חָנַט חָנַט, , חֲנֻטִים
• חִנְטָה

em -bam´ing ( חנט , ḥānaṭ , "to spice"): Embalming. is mentioned in Scripture only in the cases of Jacob and Joseph (Genesis 50:2 f,26). It was a distinctly Egyptian invention and method of preserving the bodies of men and animals. Examples of it reach back to over 3,000 years ago. It prevailed to some extent among the peoples of Asia, and at a later period among the Greeks and Romans, but was in origin and use distinctly non-Israelitish. See BURIAL .