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Stacte
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
stak´tē ( נטף , nātāph , "drops" ( Job 36:27 ); στακτή , staktḗ , meaning "oozing out in drops"): One of the ingredients of the holy ointment (Exodus 30:34; Ecclesiasticus 24:15, margin "opobalsamum," the King James Version "storax"). The marginal reading is a concession to Jewish tradition, but see SPICE , (1). Dioscorides describes two kinds of stacte, one of pure myrrh and one of storax and a fat mixed. See MYRRH . This nātāph must have been either myrrh "in drops," as it is collected, or some other fragrant gum, similarly collected, such, for example, as gum tragacanth.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Stacte'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/s/stacte.html. 1915.