Strong's Lexicon
G3030
G3030 — λίβανος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3030 |
|---|---|
| Word: | λίβανος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | of foreign origin (H3828) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | libanos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | lib'-an-os |
| Meaning: | 1. the incense-tree (frankincence) 2. (by implication) frankincense itself |
| KJV Renderings: | frankincense |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λίβανος, λιβάνου, ὁ (more rarely ἡ (cf. Lob., as below));
1. the frankincense-tree (Pindar, Herodotus, Sophocles, Euripides, Theophrastus, others).
2. frankincense (Hebrew ìÀáÉðÈä; Leviticus 2:1f, 16; Isa 60:6, etc.): Mat 2:11; Rev 18:13; (Sophocles, Theophrastus, others). Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 187; (Vanicek, Fremdwצrter, under the word. On frankincense see especially Birdwood in the Bible Educator, i., 328ff, 374ff.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
λίβανος (frankincense)
Matthew 2:11
- KJV: And when they were come into the house they saw the young child with Mary his mother and fell down and worshipped him and when they had opened their treasures they presented unto him gifts gold and frankincense and myrrh
- GK: και ελθόντες εις την οικίαν είδον το παιδίον μετά Μαρίας της μητρός αυτού και πεσόντες προσεκύνησαν αυτώ και ανοίξαντες τους θησαυρούς αυτών προσήνεγκαν αυτώ δώρα χρυσόν και λίβανον και σμύρναν
Revelation 18:13
- KJV: And cinnamon and odours and ointments and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and beasts and sheep and horses and chariots and slaves and souls of men
- GK: και κινάμωμον και θυμιάματα και μύρον και λίβανον και οίνον και έλαιον και σεμίδαλιν και σίτον και κτήνη και πρόβατα και ίππων και ραιδών και σωμάτων και ψυχάς ανθρώπων