Incense (burn)
Incense (burn)
denotes “fragrant stuff for burning, incense” (from thuo, “to offer in sacrifice”), Luk 1:10-11; in the plural, Rev 5:8; Rev 18:13, RV (AV, “odors”); Rev 8:3-4, signifying “frankincense” here. In connection with the tabenacle, the “incense” was to be prepared from stacte, onycha, and galbanum, with pure frankincense, an equal weight of each; imitation for private use was forbidden, Exo 30:34-38. See ODOR. Cp. thumiaterion, “a censer,” Heb 9:4, and libanos, “frankincense,” Rev 18:13; see FRANKINCENSE.
“to burn incense” (see A), is found in Luk 1:9.