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Credit: Siddarth Machado

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Comments: Boswellia serrata

 

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Comments: An old tree of Boswellia sacra in Dhofar (Oman)

 

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Burseraceae (incense or torchwood family) Â» Boswellia serrata

bos-WELL-ee-a -- named for John Boswell, Scottish botanist and FRCP of Edinburgh sair-AY-tuh or ser-RAT-uh -- toothed like a saw

commonly known as: Indian frankincense tree, Indian olibanum tree, salai tree

Endemic to: India

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Comments: Frankincense from Yemen

 

Frankincense. Boswellia thurifera. לבונהləḇōnāh - Strongs: H3828, λίβανος libanos - Strongs: G3030.

From Easton: Frankincense - (Heb. lebonah; Gr. libanos, i.e., "white"), an odorous resin imported from Arabia (Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 6:20), yet also growing in Palestine (Song of Solomon 4:14). It was one of the ingredients in the perfume of the sanctuary (Exodus 30:34), and was used as an accompaniment of the meat-offering (Leviticus 2:1, Leviticus 2:16; Leviticus 6:15; Leviticus 24:7). When burnt it emitted a fragrant odour, and hence the incense became a symbol of the Divine name (Malachi 1:11; Song of Solomon 1:3) and an emblem of prayer (Psalms 141:2; Luke 1:10; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3).

This frankincense, or olibanum, used by the Jews in the temple services is not to be confounded with the frankincense of modern commerce, which is an exudation of the Norway spruce fir, the Pinus abies. It was probably a resin from the Indian tree known to botanists by the name of Boswellia serrata or thurifera, which grows to the height of forty feet.

Verses:

  • Exodus 30:34
  • Leviticus 2:1
  • Leviticus 2:2
  • Leviticus 2:15
  • Leviticus 2:16
  • Leviticus 5:11
  • Leviticus 6:15
  • Leviticus 24:7
  • Numbers 5:15
  • 1 Chronicles 9:29
  • Nehemiah 13:5
  • Nehemiah 13:9
  • Song of Solomon 3:6
  • Song of Solomon 4:6
  • Song of Solomon 4:14
  • Isaiah 43:23
  • Isaiah 60:6
  • Isaiah 66:3
  • Jeremiah 6:20
  • Jeremiah 17:26
  • Jeremiah 41:5
  • Matthew 2:11
  • Revelation 18:13
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​f/frankincense.html. 2024.
 
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