Spices
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basam. Not pungent, as pepper, ginger, etc., but aromatic woods, seeds, or gums (Son_6:2; Son_5:1). Balsam or balm of Gilead, Amyris opobalsamum; a tropical plant that grew in the plains of Jericho and the hot valleys of southern Palestine. KJV translated not basam, but tseri or tsori, "balm". (See BALM.) The balm of Gilead tree is not more than 15 ft. high, with straggling branches and scanty foil age. The balsam is procured from the bark by incision, and from the green and ripe berries.
The nekoth, "spicery" Gen_37:25, is the storax or gum of the styrax tree (Speaker's Commentary). Arabic nekaat, the gum exuding from the tragacanth (astragalus); when exposed to the air it hardens into lumps or worm-like spires (Smith's Bible Dictionary). In 2Ki_20:13 margin, "house of spicery" expresses the original design of the house; but it was used ultimutely for storing Hezekiah's other "precious things." Sammim, a general term for aromatics used in preparing the holy anointing oil. Certain Levites especially "oversaw the frankincense and spices" (1Ch_9:29-30). Myrrh and aloes were among the spices wrapped with Jesus' body (Joh_19:39-40; compare also 2Ch_16:4; Mar_16:1; Luk_23:56; Luk_24:1).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Spices.
(Hebrew, basam, besem or bosem.) In Son_5:1, "I have gathered my myrrh with my spice," the word points, apparently, to some definite substance. In the other places, with the exception, perhaps, of Son_1:13; Son_6:2, the words refer more generally to sweet aromatic odors, the principal of which was that of the balsam or balm of Gilead; the tree which yields this substance is now generally admitted to be the Balsam-odendron opobalsamum.
The balm of Gilead tree grows in some parts of Arabia and Africa, and is seldom more than fifteen feet high, with straggling branches and scanty foliage. The balsam is chiefly obtained from incisions in the bark, but is procured also from the green and ripe berries.
(Hebrew, Necoth.) Gen_37:25; Gen_43:11. The most probable explanation is that which refers the word to the Arabic, naku'at, that is, "the gum obtained from the tragacanth" (Astragalus).
(Hebrew, Sammim.) A general term to denote those aromatic substances which were used in the preparation of the anointing oil, the incense offerings, etc. The spices mentioned as being used by Nicodemus for the preparation of our Lord's body, Joh_19:39-40, are "myrrh and aloes," by which latter word must be understood not the aloes of medicine, but the highly-scented wood of the Aquilaria agallochum.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
From very early times spices were in great demand among the peoples of Palestine and surrounding countries. Some spices were grown locally, but many were imported from the East, bringing wealth to traders and to the governments who taxed them (Gen_37:25; 1Ki_10:2; Song of Son_3:6; Isa_60:6; Jer_6:20; Eze_27:17; Rev_18:11-13). Among these spices were frankincense, myrrh, galbanum, stacte, onycha, cassia, aloes, cummin, dill, cinnamon, mint, rue, mustard, balm, sweet cane, henna, nard, saffron and calumus (Gen_37:25; Exo_30:23-24; Exo_30:34; Song of Son_3:6; Son_4:13-14; Jer_6:20; Mat_23:23; Luk_11:42; Luk_13:19).
Spices came from the gum of certain trees and from plants and herbs (Song of Son_4:14). People used spices in preparing food and drinks (Song of Son_8:2; Eze_24:10; Mat_23:23), and in making a variety of oils, medicines, cosmetics, deodorants and disinfectants (Est_2:12; Psa_45:8; Pro_7:17; Song of Son_4:10; Son_4:14; Son_5:13; Jer_8:22; Jer_51:8; Luk_7:46; Joh_12:3; Joh_19:39).
The preparation of these substances involved heating, drying, boiling, soaking and crushing. It was a specialized art in which some people became highly skilled (Exo_30:35; 1Sa_8:13; 2Ch_16:14). People placed great value on some of these substances, and preserved them in expensive boxes that they opened on special occasions (Isa_3:20; Mar_14:3; Luk_7:37-38).
Among Israelites the most sacred use of spices was in preparing oil and incense for use in religious rituals. Oil was used to anoint priests, and incense was burnt in the tabernacle (Exo_30:22-38; see OIL; INCENSE).
In relation to Jesus, people used spices, or substances made from them, to present in homage to him (Mat_2:11), to anoint and refresh him (Luk_7:46; Joh_12:3), and to offer him on the cross to deaden his pain (but he refused their offer) (Mar_15:23). Some used spices to prepare his body for burial (Joh_19:39) and others brought spices to anoint the body as it lay in the tomb (Mar_16:1).
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
This word, which occurs very frequently in our translation of the Scriptures, has usually been considered to indicate several of the aromatic substances to which the same general name is applied in the present-day. And we have as much assurance as is possible in such cases that the majority of the substances referred to have been identified, and that among the spices of early times were included many of those which now form articles of commerce from India to Europe.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
The nekoth, "spicery" Gen_37:25, is the storax or gum of the styrax tree (Speaker's Commentary). Arabic nekaat, the gum exuding from the tragacanth (astragalus); when exposed to the air it hardens into lumps or worm-like spires (Smith's Bible Dictionary). In 2Ki_20:13 margin, "house of spicery" expresses the original design of the house; but it was used ultimutely for storing Hezekiah's other "precious things." Sammim, a general term for aromatics used in preparing the holy anointing oil. Certain Levites especially "oversaw the frankincense and spices" (1Ch_9:29-30). Myrrh and aloes were among the spices wrapped with Jesus' body (Joh_19:39-40; compare also 2Ch_16:4; Mar_16:1; Luk_23:56; Luk_24:1).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Spices.
(Hebrew, basam, besem or bosem.) In Son_5:1, "I have gathered my myrrh with my spice," the word points, apparently, to some definite substance. In the other places, with the exception, perhaps, of Son_1:13; Son_6:2, the words refer more generally to sweet aromatic odors, the principal of which was that of the balsam or balm of Gilead; the tree which yields this substance is now generally admitted to be the Balsam-odendron opobalsamum.
The balm of Gilead tree grows in some parts of Arabia and Africa, and is seldom more than fifteen feet high, with straggling branches and scanty foliage. The balsam is chiefly obtained from incisions in the bark, but is procured also from the green and ripe berries.
(Hebrew, Necoth.) Gen_37:25; Gen_43:11. The most probable explanation is that which refers the word to the Arabic, naku'at, that is, "the gum obtained from the tragacanth" (Astragalus).
(Hebrew, Sammim.) A general term to denote those aromatic substances which were used in the preparation of the anointing oil, the incense offerings, etc. The spices mentioned as being used by Nicodemus for the preparation of our Lord's body, Joh_19:39-40, are "myrrh and aloes," by which latter word must be understood not the aloes of medicine, but the highly-scented wood of the Aquilaria agallochum.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
From very early times spices were in great demand among the peoples of Palestine and surrounding countries. Some spices were grown locally, but many were imported from the East, bringing wealth to traders and to the governments who taxed them (Gen_37:25; 1Ki_10:2; Song of Son_3:6; Isa_60:6; Jer_6:20; Eze_27:17; Rev_18:11-13). Among these spices were frankincense, myrrh, galbanum, stacte, onycha, cassia, aloes, cummin, dill, cinnamon, mint, rue, mustard, balm, sweet cane, henna, nard, saffron and calumus (Gen_37:25; Exo_30:23-24; Exo_30:34; Song of Son_3:6; Son_4:13-14; Jer_6:20; Mat_23:23; Luk_11:42; Luk_13:19).
Spices came from the gum of certain trees and from plants and herbs (Song of Son_4:14). People used spices in preparing food and drinks (Song of Son_8:2; Eze_24:10; Mat_23:23), and in making a variety of oils, medicines, cosmetics, deodorants and disinfectants (Est_2:12; Psa_45:8; Pro_7:17; Song of Son_4:10; Son_4:14; Son_5:13; Jer_8:22; Jer_51:8; Luk_7:46; Joh_12:3; Joh_19:39).
The preparation of these substances involved heating, drying, boiling, soaking and crushing. It was a specialized art in which some people became highly skilled (Exo_30:35; 1Sa_8:13; 2Ch_16:14). People placed great value on some of these substances, and preserved them in expensive boxes that they opened on special occasions (Isa_3:20; Mar_14:3; Luk_7:37-38).
Among Israelites the most sacred use of spices was in preparing oil and incense for use in religious rituals. Oil was used to anoint priests, and incense was burnt in the tabernacle (Exo_30:22-38; see OIL; INCENSE).
In relation to Jesus, people used spices, or substances made from them, to present in homage to him (Mat_2:11), to anoint and refresh him (Luk_7:46; Joh_12:3), and to offer him on the cross to deaden his pain (but he refused their offer) (Mar_15:23). Some used spices to prepare his body for burial (Joh_19:39) and others brought spices to anoint the body as it lay in the tomb (Mar_16:1).
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
This word, which occurs very frequently in our translation of the Scriptures, has usually been considered to indicate several of the aromatic substances to which the same general name is applied in the present-day. And we have as much assurance as is possible in such cases that the majority of the substances referred to have been identified, and that among the spices of early times were included many of those which now form articles of commerce from India to Europe.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
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