STRONGS G3030:
λίβανος,
λιβάνου,
ὁ (more rarely
ἡ (cf. Lob., as below));
1. the frankincense-tree (
Pindar,
Herodotus,
Sophocles,
Euripides,
Theophrastus, others).
2. frankincense (Hebrew
לְבֹנָה;
Leviticus 2:1f,
16;
Isaiah 60:6, etc.):
Matthew 2:11;
Revelation 18:13; (
Sophocles,
Theophrastus, others). Cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 187; (
Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word. On frankincense see especially Birdwood in the
Bible Educator, i., 328ff, 374ff.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Leviticus
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2:1; 2:16
- Isaiah
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60:6
- Matthew
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2:11
- Revelation
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18:13