pannag Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
pannag in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Ezek. 27:17; marg. R.V., "perhaps a kind of confection") the Jews explain as the name of a kind of sweet pastry. Others take it as the name of some place, identifying it with Pingi, on the road between Damascus and Baalbec. "Pannaga" is the Sanscrit name of an aromatic plant (compare Gen. 43:11).
pannag in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(sweet), an article of commerce exported from Israel to Tyre, #Eze 27:17| the nature of which is a pure matter of conjecture, as the term occurs nowhere else. A comparison of the passage in Ezekiel with #Ge 43:11| leads to the supposition that pannag represents some of the spices grown in Israel.
pannag in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
PAN'NAG . Eze 27:17. Our translators wisely did not render this word into English. The most probable opinions are that it meant some kind of spice, or that it is millet. It has also been interpreted "balsam," "cassia," "sweetmeats," "panax."
pannag in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Grotius identifies with Phoenice or Canaan (Ezekiel 27:17). "Judah and Israel supplied thy market with wheat" The Septuagint translated "cassia," Syriac translated "millet." Pannaga in Sanskrit is an aromatic plant (compare Genesis 43:11).