Apothecary

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Apothecary . In all the 8 occurrences of this word in OT and Apocr. [Note: Apocrypha, Apocryphal.] we should render ‘perfumer,’ as does RV [Note: Revised Version.] in half of these (  Exodus 30:25;   Exodus 30:35;   Exodus 37:29 ,   Ecclesiastes 10:1 ); elsewhere the former is retained (  2 Chronicles 16:14 ,   Nehemiah 3:8 (cf. marg.), Sir 38:8; Sir 49:1 ). See Perfumer.

A. R. S. Kennedy.

King James Dictionary

APOTH'ECARY, n. L. and Gr. apotheca, a repository, from to deposit or lay aside, or from a chest.

1. One who practices pharmacy one who prepares drugs for medicinal uses, and keeps them for sale. In England, apothecaries are obliged to prepare medicines according to the formulas prescribed by the college of physicians, and are liable to have their shops visited by the censors of the college, who have power to destroy medicines which are not good. 2. In the middle ages, an apothecary was the keeper of any shop or warehouse and an officer appointed to take charge of a magazine.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Exodus 30:25 30:35 Exodus 37:29 2 Chronicles 16:14 Nehemiah 3:8 Ecclesiastes 10:1Perfumer Perfume

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Exodus 30:25 37:29 Ecclesiastes 10:1 1 Samuel 8:13

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a - poth´ē̇ - kā̇ - ri  : Found in English Versions of the Bible eight times in the Old Testament and Apocrypha for Hebrew word rendered more accurately "perfumer" by the Revised Version (British and American) in  Exodus 30:25 ,  Exodus 30:35;  Exodus 37:29;  Ecclesiastes 10:1; though inconsistently retained elsewhere ( 2 Chronicles 16:14 the English Revised Version;   Nehemiah 3:8 the English Revised Version (compare the margin)); Sirach 38:8; 49:1). See Perfumer .