Topic
Powders
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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- Song of Songs 3:6ISBE
¶ Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
pou'-derz ('abheqath rokhel): The "powders of the merchant" in So 3:6 were probably perfumes, as they are associated with myrrh and frankincense in the account of the festal procession of the litter of Solomon. They may have been some sweet-scented wood in powder, or else some form of incense.
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.