Bible Encyclopedias
Balsamus
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
a mythological name among the Spanish Priscillianists according to Jerome (Barbelo). It is evidently Baal-Samin, the "Lord of heaven," a well-known divinity of the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Mesopotamians, etc. See Chwolsohn, Ssabier, ii, 158 sq.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Balsamus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/balsamus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.