Difference between revisions of "Rue"
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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78902" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78902" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Πήγανον''''' ''' (Strong'S #4076 Noun Neuter peganon pay'-gan-on ) </div> <p> a shrubby plant with yellow flowers and a heavy smell, cultivated for medicinal purposes, is mentioned in Luke 11:42 . </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_57189" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_57189" /> == | ||
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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37238" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37238" /> == | ||
<p> Luke 11:42. Ruta | <p> Luke 11:42. '''''Ruta Graveolens''''' ; a shrub two feet high, used as a condiment and as a medicine. Dioscorides (iii. 45) describes two kinds, the rue of the mountains and the strong smelling or garden rue. The garden plant was titheable. The Turks keep pots of rue in their drawing rooms for the odor. In the middle ages the priests used bunches of rue wherewith to sprinkle holy water, from whence Shakespeare uses the term "herb of grace" (Rich. II, 3:4). </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62622" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62622" /> == | ||
