Bible Dictionary: Henna

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.

2. (n.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HENNA

hen'-a (Songs 1:14; Songs 4:13): An aromatic plant.

Greek

1067. geenna -- Gehenna, a valley W. and South of Jer., also a ...
... Of Hebrew origin (gay' and Hinnom); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or
Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3724c. kopher -- (a shrub or low tree) henna
... 3724b, 3724c. kopher. 3724d . (a shrub or low tree) henna. Transliteration:
kopher Short Definition: henna. Word Origin from the ...
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3724. kopher -- the price of a life, ransom
... From kaphar; properly, a cover, ie (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically)
bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing ...
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Library

Of Images, and the Ornaments of Temples, and the Contempt in which ...
... in which the accuser, with all the force of eloquence"in short, with every effort
of voice and of body"lamented about Ceres of Catina, or of Henna: the one ...
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Before Egypt's Throne
... mules. Her robes were white, and very fine, but there was no henna on her
nails, nor kohl beneath her lids, nor jewels in her hair. ...
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Finally, if You Think it Right, Returning to Our Inquiry...
... the further dealings with his daughter, still more unseemly in their lustfulness;
so, in the other story also, what the grove and flowers of Henna are; what ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/35 finally if you think.htm

Let us Examine, Then, what is Said in this Way. ...
... In the grove of Henna, my opponent says, the maiden Proserpine was once gathering
flowers: this is as yet uncorrupted, and has been told in a straightforward ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/37 let us examine then.htm

Was it for this He Sent Souls, that they which Shortly Before had ...
... tips of their ears, bind [3697] their foreheads with fillets, seek for cosmetics
[3698] to deck their bodies, [3699] darken their eyes with henna; nor, though ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/41 was it for this.htm

The Pride of Amaryllis
... They robbed the booth of some costumer whom the Sadducees had made rich and captured
a maid whom they held until she had taught them how to use henna and kohl. ...
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The Joy of Unbroken Communion
... A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy shoots are a paradise of pomegranates,
with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants,. Spikenard and saffron,. ...
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The Collar of Gold
... it laughingly. "Nay, I take it back. Here is naught but henna and a suspicion
of attar. He has been idle these days.". "Hast thou ...
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The Unsatisfied Life and Its Remedy
... My Beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh,. That lieth betwixt my breasts. My beloved
is unto me as a cluster of henna-flowers. In the vineyards of En-gedi. ...
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the Legendary History of Egypt
... when he came to the fields of henna, the pain of his burn was not yet assuaged,
and the gods who were behind him said unto him: 'O Sire! ...
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Thesaurus

Camphire (2 Occurrences)
... 1:14 (RV, "henna-flowers"); 4:13 (RV, "henna"), is the al-henna of the Arabs, a
native of Egypt, producing clusters of small white and yellow odoriferous ...
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Cluster (6 Occurrences)
... meaning "to bind together." A cluster or bunch of grapes (Genesis 40:10 Numbers
13:23 Isaiah 65:8 Songs 7:8 Micah 7:1, etc.); a cluster of henna flowers (Songs ...
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Henna (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.
Int. ...HENNA. hen'-a (Songs 1:14; Songs 4:13): An aromatic plant. ...
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Henna-flowers (1 Occurrence)
Henna-flowers. Henna, Henna-flowers. Henoch . Multi-Version
Concordance Henna-flowers (1 Occurrence). Song of Songs ...
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Nard (5 Occurrences)
... Song of Songs 4:13 Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits:
henna with spikenard plants, (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV ...
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Orchard (3 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Song of Songs 4:13 Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious
fruits: henna with spikenard plants, (WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Gedi (6 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). Song of Songs 1:14 My beloved is to
me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. ...
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En-gedi (6 Occurrences)
... (ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT). Song of Songs 1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of
henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi. (ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT). ...
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Pomegranates (20 Occurrences)
... Song of Songs 4:13 Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits:
henna with spikenard plants, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Park (2 Occurrences)
... (See JPS BBE). Song of Songs 4:13 Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates,
with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants, (See JPS). ...
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Bible Concordance

Henna (2 Occurrences)

Song of Songs 1:14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 4:13 Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits: henna with spikenard plants,
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Henna

Related Terms

Cluster (6 Occurrences)

Henna (2 Occurrences)

Henna-flowers (1 Occurrence)

Nard (5 Occurrences)

Orchard (3 Occurrences)