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Frankincense
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from a Semitic verb signifying "to be white," is a vegetable resin, bitter and glittering, obtained by incisions in the bark of the arbor thuris, "the incense tree," and especially imported through Arabia; it was used for fumigation at sacrifices, Exodus 30:7 , etc., or for perfume, Song of Sol., 3:6. The Indian variety is called looban. It was among the offerings brought by the wise men, Matthew 2:11 . In Revelation 18:13 it is listed among the commodities of Babylon. The "incense" of Revelation 8:3 should be "frankincense." Cp. INCENSE.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Frankincense'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/f/frankincense.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Frankincense'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/f/frankincense.html. 1940.
