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Lexicon :: Strong's G3030 - libanos

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λίβανος
Transliteration
libanos (Key)
Pronunciation
lib'-an-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin לְבוֹנָה (H3828)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:263,533

Strong’s Definitions

λίβανος líbanos, lib'-an-os; of foreign origin (H3828); the incense-tree, i.e. (by implication) incense itself:—frankincense.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3030 in the following manner: frankincense (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3030 in the following manner: frankincense (2x).

  1. the frankincense tree

  2. the perfume, frankincense

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λίβανος líbanos, lib'-an-os; of foreign origin (H3828); the incense-tree, i.e. (by implication) incense itself:—frankincense.
STRONGS G3030:
λίβανος, λιβάνου, ὁ (more rarely ἡ (cf. Lob., as below));
1. the frankincense-tree (Pindar, Herodotus, Sophocles, Euripides, Theophrastus, others).
2. frankincense (Hebrew לְבֹנָה; Leviticus 2:1f, 16; Isaiah 60:6, etc.): Matthew 2:11; Revelation 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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
2:1; 2:16
Isaiah
60:6
Matthew
2:11
Revelation
18:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3030 matches the Greek λίβανος (libanos),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:11 - And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13 - cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.[fn]
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