Strong G3030λίβανος
frankincense
- Transliteration
- libanos
- Pronunciation
- lib'-an-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of foreign origin [H3828]; the incense tree that is (by implication) incense itself: - frankincense.
Detailed definition
λίβανος, -ου, ὁ
(rarely ἡ), (from the Semitic; cf. the Heb. equiv.), [in LXX for לְבוֹנָה Exo.30:34, Isa.60:6; Sir.24:15, al.;]
1. in cl., the frankincense-tree.
2. (Occas. in cl.) frankincense (so Lev.2:1; cf. λιβανωτός): Mat.2:11, Rev.18:13.†
(AS)
(rarely ἡ), (from the Semitic; cf. the Heb. equiv.), [in LXX for לְבוֹנָה Exo.30:34, Isa.60:6; Sir.24:15, al.;]
1. in cl., the frankincense-tree.
2. (Occas. in cl.) frankincense (so Lev.2:1; cf. λιβανωτός): Mat.2:11, Rev.18:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3030 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- frankincense2
First verses
- Matthew 2:11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
- Revelation 18:13And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
λίβᾰνος [ῐ], ὁ,
frankincense-tree, Boswellia Carterii, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.75, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.4.2, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.68, etc.; ἱερόδακρυς λ. 5th c.BC: Melanippides Lyricus 1.5.)]
II ={λιβανωτός}, frankincense, in which sense it is feminine in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 122.3, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 144 (Lyric poetry); but _masculine_ in “PCair.Zen.” 69.13 (3rd c.BC), “Anthologia Graeca” 6.231 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), 9.93 (Antip. Thess.), “Edict.Diocl.” (Ἀθηνᾶ 18.6, Tegea); indeterminate in 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 20c. 2, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1064, 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 41.37, “SIG” 247ii 19 (Delph., 4th c.BC).)]
frankincense-tree, Boswellia Carterii, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.75, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.4.2, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.68, etc.; ἱερόδακρυς λ. 5th c.BC: Melanippides Lyricus 1.5.)]
II ={λιβανωτός}, frankincense, in which sense it is feminine in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 122.3, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 144 (Lyric poetry); but _masculine_ in “PCair.Zen.” 69.13 (3rd c.BC), “Anthologia Graeca” 6.231 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), 9.93 (Antip. Thess.), “Edict.Diocl.” (Ἀθηνᾶ 18.6, Tegea); indeterminate in 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 20c. 2, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1064, 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 41.37, “SIG” 247ii 19 (Delph., 4th c.BC).)]