rosin Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
rosin in Easton's Bible Dictionary
found only in Authorized Version, margin, Ezek. 27:17, Heb. tsori, uniformly rendered elsewhere "balm" (q.v.), as here in the text. The Vulgate has resinam, rendered "rosin" in the Douay Version. As used, however, by Jerome, the Lat. resina denotes some odoriferous gum or oil.
rosin in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Properly "naphtha," as it is both in the LXX. and the Vulgate, as well as in the Peshito-Syriac. Pliny mentions naphtha as a product of Babylonia, similar in appearance to liquid bitumen, and having a remarkable affinity to fire.
rosin in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ROS'IN . Eze 27:17, margin. The text correctly reads "balm."