Topic
Camphire
2 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Song of Songs 1:14Easton · Nave (Henna, R. V.)) — A shrub bearing fragrant flowers (not related to camphor)
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
- Song of Songs 4:13Smith · Nave (Henna, R. V.)) — A shrub bearing fragrant flowers (not related to camphor)
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
(Heb. copher), mentioned in Cant. 1:14 (R.V., “henna-flowers”); 4:13 (R.V., “henna”), is the al-henna of the Arabs, a native of Egypt, producing clusters of small white and yellow odoriferous flowers, whence is made the Oleum Cyprineum. From its leaves is made the peculiar auburn dye with which Eastern women stain their nails and the palms of their hands. It is found only at Engedi, on the shore of the Dead Sea. It is known to botanists by the name Lawsonia alba or inermis, a kind of privet, which grows 6 or 8 feet high. The margin of the Authorized Version of the passages above referred to has “or cypress,” not with reference to the conifer so called, but to the circumstance that one of the most highly appreciated species of this plant grew in the island of Cyprus.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
kam'-fir.
See HENNA.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.