Frankincense

a vegetable resin, brittle, glittering, and of a bitter taste, used for the purpose of sacrificial fumigation. (Exodus 30:34-36) It was called frank because of the freeness with which, when burned, it gives forth its odor. It burns for a long time, with a steady flame. It is obtained by successive incisions in the bark of a tree called Arbor thuris . The first incision yields the purest and whitest resin, while the product of the after incisions is spotted with yellow, and loses its whiteness altogether as it becomes old. The Hebrews imported their frankincense from Arabia, (Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 6:20) and more particularly from Saba; but it is remarkable that at present the Arabian libanum or olibanum is a very inferior kind, and that the finest frankincense imported into Turkey comes through Arabia from the islands of the Indian Archipelago. There can be little doubt that the tree which produces the Indian frankincense is the Boswellia serrata of Roxburgh, or Boswellia thurifera of Colebrooke, and bears some resemblance when young to the mountain ash. It grows to be forty feet high.

Frankincense

See INCENSE.

(Hebrews lebonah; Gr. libanos, i.e., "white"), an odorous resin imported from Arabia (Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 6:20), yet also growing in Palestine (Cant. 4:14). It was one of the ingredients in the perfume of the sanctuary (Exodus 30:34), and was used as an accompaniment of the meat-offering (Leviticus 2:1, 16; 6:15; 24:7). When burnt it emitted a fragrant odour, and hence the incense became a symbol of the Divine name (Malachi 1:11; Cant. 1:3) and an emblem of prayer (Psalm 141:2; Luke 1:10; Revelation 5:8; 8:3).

This frankincense, or olibanum, used by the Jews in the temple services is not to be confounded with the frankincense of modern commerce, which is an exudation of the Norway spruce fir, the Pinus abies. It was probably a resin from the Indian tree known to botanists by the name of Boswellia serrata or thurifera, which grows to the height of forty feet.

(n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, from trees the genus Boswellia, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified.FRANKINCENSE

frants'-in-sens (lebhonah, from root meaning "whiteness," referring to the milky color of the fresh juice: Exodus 30:34 Leviticus 2:1, 15; 5:11; 6:15; 24:07:00; Numbers 5:15 1 Chronicles 9:29; Nehemiah 13:5, 9 Songs 3:6; Songs 4:6, 14 Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 60:6; Isaiah 66:3 Jeremiah 6:20; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 41:5; translated in the last six references "incense" in the King James Version, but correctly in the Revised Version (British and American); libanos: Matthew 2:11 Revelation 18:13. The English word is derived from old French franc encens, i.e. "pure incense"): The common frankincense of the pharmacopeas is a gum derived from the common fir, but the frankincense of the Jews, as well as of the Greeks and Romans, is a substance now called Olibanum (from the Arabic el luban), a product of certain trees of the genus Boswellia (Natural Order, Amyridaceae), growing on the limestone rocks of south Arabia and Somali-land (Isaiah 60:6 Jeremiah 6:20). The most important species are B. Carteri and B. Frereana. Some of the trees grow to a considerable height and send down their roots to extraordinary depths. The gum is obtained by incising the bark,

and is collected in yellowish, semitransparent tears, readily pulverized; it has a nauseous taste. It is used for making incense for burning in churches and in Indian temples, as it was among the Jews (Exodus 30:34). See INCENSE. It is often associated with myrrh (Songs 3:6; Songs 4:6) and with it was made an offering to the infant Saviour (Matthew 2:11). A specially "pure" kind, lebhonah zakkah, was presented with the shewbread (Leviticus 24:7).

E. W. G. Masterman

3030. libanos -- the frankincense tree, frankincense
... the frankincense tree, frankincense. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
libanos Phonetic Spelling: (lib'-an-os) Short Definition: incense ...
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3031. libanotos -- frankincense, by ext. a censer
... 3030, 3031. libanotos. 3032 . frankincense, by ext. ... Word Origin from libanos
Definition frankincense, by ext. a censer NASB Word Usage censer (2). ...
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5474. chalkolibanon -- chalcolibanus (fine copper, bronze or brass ...
... brass). Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: chalkolibanon Phonetic Spelling:
(khal-kol-ib'-an-on) Short Definition: orichalcum, or frankincense of a ...
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3828. lebonah -- frankincense
... 3827, 3828. lebonah or lebonah. 3829 . frankincense. Transliteration: lebonah
or lebonah Phonetic Spelling: (leb-o-naw') Short Definition: frankincense. ...
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Until the Day Break and the Shadows Flee Away, I Will Get Me to ...
... CHAPTER IV. 6. Until the day break and the shadows flee away, I will get me
to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. ...
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Who is She that Goeth up by the Wilderness, Like a Pillar of Smoke ...
... CHAPTER III. 6. Who is she that goeth up by the wilderness, like a pillar of smoke,
from the incense of myrrh and frankincense and all powders of the perfumer? ...
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Connection Between Covetousness and Idolatry. Certain Trades ...
... If the selfsame merchandises"frankincense, I mean, and all other foreign
productions"used as sacrifice to idols, are of use likewise to men for medicinal ...
/.../tertullian/on idolatry/chapter xi connection between covetousness and.htm

The Royal Pair in their Glorious Chariot
... "Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed
with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 8 1863/the royal pair in their.htm

Concerning the Festivals; and How Each Day of Such Festival is to ...
... of the sabbath, and set upon the holy table, six on a heap, one loaf still standing
over against another; where two golden cups full of frankincense were also ...
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Sermon for Epiphany
... or small. Matthew 2:11.""And they presented unto him gifts: gold, and
frankincense and myrrh.". NOW consider first the myrrh. It ...
/.../v sermon for epiphany.htm

The Joy of Unbroken Communion
... Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke,. Perfumed
with myrrh and frankincense,. ... And to the hill of frankincense. ...
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And when the Second Year was Past, Magi came from the East to ...
... [1654] And likewise one gave gold, another frankincense, and the third myrrh. ... 6d.
[1655] One ms. has: Gaspar gave Myrrh, Melchior frankincense, Balthusar gold. ...
/.../unknown/the gospel of pseudo-matthew/chapter 16 and when the.htm

Hail, Jesus;
... and having found, most humbly adored,. 23. Offering unto Thee gifts of gold,
frankincense, and myrrh; 24. Grant, O Lord, that with ...
/.../baker/holy wisdom or directions for the prayer of contemplation/hail jesus.htm

Chapter iii.
... 6. Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed
with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant? ...
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Frankincense (22 Occurrences)
... This frankincense, or olibanum, used by the Jews in the temple services is not to
be confounded with the frankincense of modern commerce, which is an exudation ...
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Shewbread (16 Occurrences)
... thin cakes, which bore this name, together with many minute regulations as to the
placing of the loaves, the covering of them with frankincense, and other ...
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Memorial-part (7 Occurrences)
... to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine
flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and ...
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Memorial (54 Occurrences)
... 2:2 He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take his handful
of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and the priest ...
/m/memorial.htm - 28k

Meal-offerings (9 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 13:5 had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the
meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain ...
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Myrrh (22 Occurrences)
... him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense,
and myrrh. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Meal-offering (120 Occurrences)
... offereth an oblation of a meal-offering unto Jehovah, his oblation shall be of fine
flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: (ASV JPS ...
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Cereal (124 Occurrences)
... 2:1 "'When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to Yahweh, his offering
shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it ...
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Thereon (90 Occurrences)
... 1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of
fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: (KJV ...
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Fire-offering (45 Occurrences)
... unto the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he hath taken from thence the fulness of
his hand of its flour and of its oil, besides all its frankincense, and the ...
/f/fire-offering.htm - 21k

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