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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

A plant of the parsley family, producing aromatic seeds used in medicine and cookery, and with which tithes were paid (Matt. 23:23²³Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Matthew 23:23)).

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Dill—Anethum Graveolens

Probably ἄνηθον refers to the common “dill,” which is different from the ἄνισον, the “anise.” Both the plant and seed were and still are used as a condiment in the east, and are found in the modern materia medica. The Pharisees were careful to pay tithes of such things while they omitted the weightier matters of the law (Matt. 23:23²³Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Matthew 23:23)).

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Dill – Anethum Graveolens in Flower

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

432 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

ἄνηθον

Transliteration:

anethon

Phonic:

an’-ay-thon

Meaning:

probably of foreign origin; dill

KJV Usage:

anise