Jump to: Smith's • ATS • ISBE • Easton's • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms Smith's Bible Dictionary CamphireThere can be no doubt that "camphire" is the Lawsonia alba of botanists, the henna of Arabian naturalists. The henna plant grows in Egypt, Syria, Arabia and northern India. The flowers are white and grow in clusters, and are very fragrant. The whole shrub is from four to six feet high, (Solomon 4:13) ATS Bible Dictionary CamphireIn So 1:14 4:13, is not the gum Camphor of our apothecaries, but the Cyprus-flower, as it is sometimes called, the Athena of the Arabs, a whitish fragrant flower, hanging in clusters like grapes. Oriental ladies make use of the dried and powdered leaves to give their nails, feet, and hands a reddish orange tinge. The nails of Egyptian mummies are found thus dyed. See EYELIDS. The flowers of the Alhenna are fragrant; and being disposed in clusters, the females of Egypt are fond of carrying it in their bosoms. Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (n.) An old spelling of Camphor.International Standard Bible Encyclopedia CAMPHIREkam'-fir. Strong's Hebrew 3724. kopher -- the price of a life, ransom... in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price -- bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom ... /hebrew/3724.htm - 5k Library Chapter i The Incomparable Bridegroom and his Bride Death and Life in Christ A Bundle of Myrrh Gethsemane The Pilgrim's Progress Thesaurus Camphire (2 Occurrences)...CAMPHIRE. kam'-fir. See HENNA. ...Camphire (2 Occurrences). Song of Songs 1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. (KJV). ... /c/camphire.htm - 8k Enge'di (1 Occurrence) Engedi (6 Occurrences) Campfires (2 Occurrences) Camphor (2 Occurrences) Pleasant (119 Occurrences) Cyprus (12 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Camphire (2 Occurrences)Song of Songs 1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. Song of Songs 4:13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Subtopics Camphire: (Henna, RV)): A Shrub Bearing Fragrant Flowers (Not Related to Camphor) Related Terms Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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