International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Confection; Confectionary

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Confection; Confectionary


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kon-fek´shun, kon-fek´shun-ā̇-ri (רקח, rōḳaḥ “perfume,” “spice,” רקּהה, raḳḳāhāh, feminine “perfumer”):

(1) “Confection” is found in the King James Version only and but once “a confection after the art of the apothecary” (; the Revised Version (British and American) “perfume”); but the Revised Version (British and American) renders , “the confection (the King James Version “ointment”) of the spices.” It stands for something “made up,” a mixture of perfumes or medicines, but never sweetmeats, as confection means with us.

(2) Likewise a “confectionary” is a perfumer. This word, too, is found but once (), “He will take your daughters to be perfumers (the King James Version “confectionaries”), and to be cooks, and to be bakers.” See PERFUME.