Quick Definition
incense
Strong's Definition
the incense-tree, i.e. (by implication) incense itself
Derivation: of foreign origin (H03828);
KJV Usage: frankincense
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λίβανος, λιβάνου, ὁ (more rarely ἡ (cf. Lob., as below));
1. the frankincense-tree (Pindar, Herodotus, Sophocles, Euripides, Theophrastus, others).
2. frankincense (Hebrew μΐαΙπΘδ; Leviticus 2:1 f, 16 ; Isa_60:6, etc.): Mat_2:11; Rev_18:13; (Sophocles, Theophrastus, others). Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 187; (Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word. On frankincense see especially Birdwood in the Bible Educator, i., 328ff, 374ff.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λίβανος libanos 2x
arbor thurifera, the tree producing frankincense, growing in Arabia and Mount Lebanon; in NT frankincense, the transparent gum that distils from incisions in the tree, Mat_2:11 ; Rev_18:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λίβανος , -ου , ὁ
(rarely ἡ ), (from the Semitic; cf. the Heb . equiv.),
[in LXX for H3828 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 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λίβανος [page 375]
In a list of articles for a sacrifice, P Oxy IX. 1211 .11 (ii/A.D.), are included ἔλεον , μέλι , γάλα , πᾶν ἄρωμα χωρὶς λιβάνου , oil, honey, milk, every spice except frankincense : cf. P Leid W ix. 11 (ii/iii A.D.) κασία , λίβανος , ζμύρνα , the illiterate P Ryl II. 242 .4 ff. (iii/A.D.) ἠὰν ᾖς ἀδυνα̣ατες πέμψε μοι ἀκάνθινε̣ν̣ χυλέν , πέμψεν μοι λάβανο̣ν̣, if you are unable to send me acacia-juice, please send me incense (Edd.), and the Pergamum inscr. Cagnat IV. 353 b. .18 πόπανον (a round sacrificial cake) καὶ λίβανον καὶ λύχνους τῶι Σεβαστῶι . The adj. λιβάνινος occurs in P Oxy I. 114 .5 (ii/iii A.D.) δερματικομαφόρτιν λιβάνινον , a casket (?) of incense-wood (Edd.), and λιβανωτικός in OGIS 132 .10 (B.C. 130) τὰ λιβανωτικὰ φορτία . The word is of Semitic origin. MGr λιβάνι , incense.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
λίβανος λί^βα^νος, ὁ, "the frankincense-tree", producing λιβανωτός, Hdt. , etc. = λιβανωτός, in which sense it is fem., Eur. , etc. [Etym: A foreign word.]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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