Apothecary

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors

a-poth'-e-ka-ri: Found in English Versions of the Bible eight times in the Old Testament and Apocrypha for Hebrew word rendered more accurately "perfumer" by the Revised Version (British and American) in Ex 30:25,35; 37:29; Ec 10:1; though inconsistently retained elsewhere (2Ch 16:14 the English Revised Version; Ne 3:8 the English Revised Version (compare the margin); Sirach 38:8; 49:1). See PERFUMER.

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915