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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77648" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77648" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: '''''Ἐπόπτης''''' ''' (Strong'S #2030 | <div> '''1: '''''Ἐπόπτης''''' ''' (Strong'S #2030 — Noun Masculine — libanos — ep-op'-tace ) </div> <p> from a Semitic verb signifying "to be white," is a vegetable resin, bitter and glittering, obtained by incisions in the bark of the arbor thuris, "the incense tree," and especially imported through Arabia; it was used for fumigation at sacrifices, Exodus 30:7 , etc., or for perfume, Song of Sol., 3:6. The Indian variety is called looban. It was among the offerings brought by the wise men, Matthew 2:11 . In Revelation 18:13 it is listed among the commodities of Babylon. The "incense" of Revelation 8:3 should be "frankincense." Cp. [[Incense]] </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31468" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31468" /> == | ||
