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Strong's #2367 - θύϊνος
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- the citrus, an odoriferous North African tree used as incense, prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans on account of the beauty of its wood for various ornamental purposes
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θύϊνος [ ῠ], η, ον,
of the tree θύον (q. v.), δένδρα, ξύλον, Str. 4.6.2, v.l. in Dsc. 1.22; made of this wood, Callix. 1, Revelation 18:12.
θύϊνος (WH omit the diaeresis (cf. Iota, at the end)), θυινη, θύϊνον (from θυίᾳ or θυα, the citrus, an odoriferous North African tree used as incense (and for inlaying; B. D. under the word
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**† θύινος
(usually θύϊνος , as Rec.), -η , -ον
(< θυία , θύα , an African aromatic tree, with ornamentally veined wood of varying colour, = Lat. citrinus),
[in Sm.: 1 Kings 10:11 (H484)*;]
thyme: ξύλον , Revelation 18:12 (Diosc.).†
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We seem to have an instance of this adj., unfortunately in a very imperfect context, in P Lond 928.20 (ii/A.D.) (= III. p. 191) θι ̣υ ̣ΐνων. For the subst. see chrest. I. 176.11 (mid. i/A.D.) ὁμοίως καὶ θυΐας καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ ἐνχρῄζοντα, and P Amh II. 118.5 (A.D. 185) τέλους θυϊῶν, ";for the tax on thyia-wood,"; al. : on the use of thyia-wood for oil-presses, see Otto Priester, i. p. 295 ff.
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