Topic
Confection; Confectionary
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 30:35ISBE
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
- 1 Samuel 8:13ISBE
And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
- 1 Chronicles 9:30ISBE
And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
kon-fek'-shun, kon-fek'-shun-a-ri (roqach "perfume," "spice," raqqahah, feminine "perfumer"):
(1) "Confection" is found in the King James Version only and but once "a confection after the art of the apothecary" (Ex 30:35; the Revised Version (British and American) "perfume"); but the Revised Version (British and American) renders 1Ch 9:30, "the confection (the King James Version "ointment") of the spices." It stands for something "made up," a mixture of perfumes or medicines, but never sweetmeats, as confection means with us.
(2) Likewise a "confectionary" is a perfumer. This word, too, is found but once (1Sa 8:13), "He will take your daughters to be perfumers (the King James Version "confectionaries"), and to be cooks, and to be bakers."
See PERFUME.
George B. Eager
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.