Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • The shell or operculum of a species of mollusk, found in India and elsewhere, and emitting, when burned, a musky odor.
  • The onyx.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.
  • noun rare The precious stone called onyx.

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  • noun obsolete An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.
  • noun obsolete The precious stone onyx.

Etymologies

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Latin

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Examples

  • And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • The incense [3171] also, in like manner, [was compounded] of stacte, onycha, galbanum, mint, and frankincense, all which do in no respect, either as to their mixture or weight, harmonize with their argument.

    ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

  • And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous

  • And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous

  • And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision

  • Spices translates three Heb. words: (1) sammum, a generic word including galbanum onycha, the operculum of a strombus, and stacte;

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • The incense employed in the service of the tabernacle walls compounded of the perfumes stacte, onycha, galbanum and pure frankincense.

    Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

  • The grandeur of towering pines, the mysterious dimness of illimitable arcades, and the peculiar resinous odor that stole like lingering ghosts of myrrh, frankincense and onycha through the vaulted solitude of a deserted hoary sanctuary, all these phases of primeval Southern forests combined to weave a spell that the stranger could not resist.

    At the Mercy of Tiberius 1872

  • And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

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  • Usage/note on galbanum.

    November 28, 2017