Spices
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the
[mother] of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that
they might come and anoint him....
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spis, spi'-sis, -sez:
(1) (besem (Ex 30:23), bosem, plural besamim, all from root
"to attract by desire," especially by smell): The list of
spices in Ex 30:23 includes myrrh, cinnamon, "sweet calamus
cassia." These, mixed with olive oil, made the "holy
anointing oil." Officials of the temple had charge of the
spices (1 Ch 9:29). Among the trea...
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In the formula for the sacred oil
Ex 25:6; 35:8
-Stores of
2Ki 20:13
-Used in the temple
1Ch 9:29
-Exported from Gilead
Ge 37:25
-Sent as a present by Jacob to Joseph
Ge 43:11
-Presented by the Queen of Sheba to Solomon
1Ki 10:2,10
-Sold in the marketplaces of Tyre
Eze 27:22
-Used in the embalming of Asa
2Ch 16:14
-Prepared for emba...
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1. Heb. basam, besem or bosem. In So 5:1 "I have gathered my
myrrh with my spice," the word points apparently to some
definite substance. In the other places, with the exception
perhaps of So 1:13; 6:2 the words refer more generally to
sweet aromatic odors, the principal of which was that of the
balsam or balm of Gilead; the tree which yields ...
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aromatic substances, of which several are named in Ex. 30.
They
were used in the sacred anointing oil (Ex. 25:6; 35:8;
1 Chr.
9:29), and in embalming the dead (2 Chr. 16:14; Luke
23:56;
24:1; John 19:39, 40). Spices were stored by Hezekiah
in his
treasure-house (2 Kings 20:13; Isa. 39:2)....
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basam. Not pungent, as pepper, ginger, etc., but aromatic
woods, seeds, or gums (Song of Solomon 6:2; Song of Solomon
5:1). Balsam or balm of Gilead, Amyris opobalsamum; a
tropical plant that grew in the plains of Jericho and the
hot valleys of southern Israel. KJV translated not basam,
but tseri or tsori, "balm". (See BALM.) The balm of Gilea...
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Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five
hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even]
two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet calamus two
hundred and fifty [shekels],...
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And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the
house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and
the spices, and the precious ointment, and [all] the house of
his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was
nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah
shewed them not....
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And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of
his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices,
and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour,
and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in
his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them
not....
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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she
came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a
very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in
abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to
Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart....
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