All 3 Uses of
frankincense
in
Song of Solomon
- 3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?†
Chpt 3 *
- 4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.†
Chpt 4
- 4:13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, 4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: 4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(frankincense) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation