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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CINNAMON

sin'-a-mun (qinnamon; kinnamomon): Mentioned, like cassia, as a perfume. In Exodus 30:23 it is one of the ingredients of the "holy anointing oil"; in Proverbs 7:17 it is, along with myrrh and aloes, a perfume for a bed; in Songs 4:14 it is a very precious spice. Cinnamon is (Revelation 18:13) part of the merchandise of "Babylon the great."

Cinnamon is the product of Cinnamomum zeylanicum, a laurel-like plant widely cultivated in Ceylon and Java. It has a profuse white blossom, succeeded by a nut from which the fragrant oil is obtained. The wood is the inner bark from branches which have reached a diameter of from 2 to 3 inches; the epidermis and pulpy matter are carefully scraped off before drying. In commerce the cheaper Cassia ligra of China is sometimes substituted for true cinnamon, and it is thought by some authorities that this was the true cinnamon of the ancients.

See , however, CASSIA.

E. W. G. Masterman

Greek

2792. kinamomon -- cinnamon.
... 2791, 2792. kinamomon. 2793 . cinnamon. ... Word Origin variant reading for kinnamomon,
qv. cinnamon. Of foreign origin (compare qinnamown); cinnamon -- cinnamon ...
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2796b. kinnamomon -- cinnamon
... cinnamon. Transliteration: kinnamomon Short Definition: cinnamon. Word Origin of
Phoenician origin Definition cinnamon NASB Word Usage cinnamon (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7076. qinnamon -- cinnamon
... 7075, 7076. qinnamon. 7077 . cinnamon. Transliteration: qinnamon Phonetic
Spelling: (kin-naw-mone') Short Definition: cinnamon. ...
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Library

Spikenard and Saffron; Calamus and Cinnamon with all the Trees of ...
... CHAPTER IV. 14. Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon with all the trees
of Lebanon; myrrh and aloes with all the chief ointments. ...
/.../guyon/song of songs of solomon/14 spikenard and saffron calamus.htm

Chapter iv.
... Cypress with spikenard.14. Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon with all
trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes with all the chief spices.14. ...
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A Believer's Privilege at Death
... There is a far greater proportion of bitterness than pleasure in this life. I have
perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.' Proverbs 7:77. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/2 a believers privilege at.htm

Visit to Ceylon and Return to Benares.
... At one time cinnamon was the most valuable export of the island, but by 1858 it
had so decreased in value by its being produced abundantly in lands still ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xviii visit to ceylon.htm

On Development in Religious Knowledge. ...
... God forbid that in that spiritual paradise from plants of cinnamon and balsam,
darnel and wolfsbane should of a sudden shoot forth. ...
/.../the commonitory of vincent of lerins/chapter xxiii on development in.htm

Wisdom and the Strange Woman
... I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn
of Egypt; I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/vii wisdom and the strange.htm

The Destruction of Babylon.
... thine wood, and all kinds of vessels of ivory, and all kinds of vessels of most
precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, and cinnamon, and fragrant ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the destruction of babylon.htm

To-Morrow
... For this Thy hand has fashioned me,. Has made me meet for Him. The spikenard and
the cinnamon,. Trees pleasant in Thy sight,. Thy hand has planted for the Son,. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns of ter steegen suso and others/to-morrow.htm

The virgin Mother to Her Child
... she had stolen. As for Joseph's Bride, not even his breath exhaled from
her garments, since she conceived Cinnamon. [479] A wall ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xi the virgin mother.htm

Of the Priesthood of Aaron.
... manner:"He commanded them to take five hundred shekels of choice myrrh, an equal
quantity of cassia, and half the foregoing weight of cinnamon and calamus ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 of the priesthood.htm

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Cinnamon

a well-known aromatic substance, the rind of the Laurus cinnamomum , called Korunda-gauhah in Ceylon. It is mentioned in (Exodus 30:23) as one of the component parts of the holy anointing oil. In (Revelation 18:13) it is enumerated among the merchandise of the great Babylon.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Cinnamon

One of the ingredients in the perfumed oil with which the tabernacle and its vessels were anointed, Exodus 30:23 Proverbs 7:17 So 4:14. It is the inner bark of a tree growing about twenty feet high, and being peeled off in thin strips curls as it is found in market. It is of a dark red color, of a poignant taste, aromatic, and very agreeable. That of the finest quality comes from Ceylon, Revelation 18:13.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Hebrews kinamon, the Cinnamomum zeylanicum of botanists, a tree of the Laurel family, which grows only in India on the Malabar coast, in Ceylon, and China. There is no trace of it in Egypt, and it was unknown in Syria. The inner rind when dried and rolled into cylinders forms the cinnamon of commerce. The fruit and coarser pieces of bark when boiled yield a fragrant oil. It was one of the principal ingredients in the holy anointing oil (Exodus 30:23). It is mentioned elsewhere only in Proverbs 7:17; Cant. 4:14; Revelation 18:13. The mention of it indicates a very early and extensive commerce carried on between Palestine and the East.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.

2. (n.) Cassia.

Thesaurus

Cinnamon (4 Occurrences)
... There is no trace of it in Egypt, and it was unknown in Syria. The inner rind when
dried and rolled into cylinders forms the cinnamon of commerce. ...CINNAMON. ...
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Spice-cinnamon (1 Occurrence)
Spice-cinnamon. Spice-cane, Spice-cinnamon. Spiced . Multi-Version
Concordance Spice-cinnamon (1 Occurrence). Exodus ...
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Cassia (3 Occurrences)
... 27:19). It is the inner bark of a tree resembling the cinnamon (qv), the Cinnamomum
cassia of botanists, and was probably imported from India. (2.) Hebrew pl. ...
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Spice (25 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to
the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc ...
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Myrrh (22 Occurrences)
... Revelation 18:13 and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil,
fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people's bodies and souls. ...
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Finest (23 Occurrences)
... Exodus 30:23 "Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and
of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant ...
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Calamus (5 Occurrences)
... Exodus 30:23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred
shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty ...
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Cane (11 Occurrences)
... Exodus 30:23 "Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and
of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant ...
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Spice-cane (1 Occurrence)
Spice-cane. Spice, Spice-cane. Spice-cinnamon . Multi-Version Concordance
Spice-cane (1 Occurrence). ... Spice, Spice-cane. Spice-cinnamon . Reference Bible
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Aloes (5 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Proverbs 7:17 I have perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Cinnamon (4 Occurrences)

Revelation 18:13 and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people's bodies and souls.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 30:23 "Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 4:14 spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree; myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Cinnamon

Cinnamon: A Spice

Cinnamon: An Ingredient of the Sacred Oil

Related Terms

Spice-cinnamon (1 Occurrence)

Cassia (3 Occurrences)

Spice (25 Occurrences)

Myrrh (22 Occurrences)

Finest (23 Occurrences)

Calamus (5 Occurrences)

Cane (11 Occurrences)