λίβανος
libanos · frankincense
Greek word · Strong’s number G3030 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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libanos (λίβανος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “frankincense”.
A sweet-smelling resin burned in worship.
How to say it
li·ba·nos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A white fragrant resin burned in worship.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 2:11
And coming into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell and bowed down before him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh.
- Revelation 18:13
and cinnamon and amomum and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and horses and carriages and bodies, and souls of human beings.