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Strong's #3030 - λίβανος
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λίβᾰνος [ ῐ], ὁ,
I frankincense-tree, Boswellia Carterii, Hdt. 4.75, Thphr. HP 9.4.2, Dsc. 1.68, etc.; ἱερόδακρυς λ. Melanipp. 1.5.
II = λιβανωτός, frankincense, in which sense it is fem. in Pi. Fr. 122.3, E. Ba. 144 (lyr.); but masc. in PCair.Zen. 69.13 (iii B.C.), AP 6.231 (Phil.), 9.93 (Antip. Thess.), Edict.Diocl. (Ἀθηνᾶ 18.6, Tegea); indeterminate in Sapph. Supp. 20c. 2, S. Fr. 1064, Anaxandr. 41.37, SIG 247ii 19 (Delph., iv B.C.).
λίβανος , -ου , ὁ
(rarely ἡ ), (from the Semitic; cf. the Heb. equiv.),
[in LXX for H3828 Exodus 30:34, Isaiah 60:6; Sirach 24:15, al.;]
1. in cl., the frankincense-tree.
2. (Occas. in cl.) frankincense (so Leviticus 2:1; cf. λιβανωτός ): Matthew 2:11, Revelation 18:13.†
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In a list of articles for a sacrifice, P Oxy IX. 1211.11 (ii/A.D.), are included ἔλεον, μέλι, γάλα, πᾶν ἄρωμα χωρὶς λιβάνου, ";oil, honey, milk, every spice except frankincense"; : cf. P Leid Wix. 11 (ii/iii A.D.) κασία, λίβανος, ζμύρνα, the illiterate P Ryl II. 242.4 ff. (iii/A.D.) ἠὰν ᾖς ἀδυνα ̣ατες πέμψε μοι ἀκάνθινε ̣ν ̣ χυλέν, πέμψεν μοι λάβανο ̣ν ̣, ";if you are unable to send me acacia-juice, please send me incense"; (Edd.), and the Pergamum inscr. Cagnat IV. 353b..18 πόπανον (a round sacrificial cake) καὶ λίβανον καὶ λύχνους τῶι Σεβαστῶι. The adj. λιβάνινος occurs in P Oxy I. 114.5 (ii/iii A.D.) δερματικομαφόρτιν λιβάνινον, ";a casket (?) of incense-wood"; (Edd.), and λιβανωτικός in OGIS 132.10 (B.C. 130) τὰ λιβανωτικὰ φορτία. The word is of Semitic origin. MGr λιβάνι, ";incense.";
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