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FRANKINCENSE (lebônâh; Gr. libanos Mat_2:11, Rev_18:13).—Frankincense is in six passages (Isa_43:23; Isa_60:6; Isa_66:3, Jer_6:20; Jer_17:26; Jer_41:5) mistranslated in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘incense,’ but correctly in RV [Note: Revised Version.] . It is a sweet-smelling gum, obtained as a milky exudation from various species of Boswellia, the frankincense tree, an ally of the terebinth. The gum was imported from S. Arabia (Isa_60:6, Jer_6:20); it was a constituent of incense (Exo_30:34); it is often associated with myrrh (Son_3:6; Son_4:6, Mat_2:11); it was offered with the shewbread (Lev_24:7).
E. W. G. Masterman.