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drop, stacte

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(drop). An oriental gum or spice, one of the components of the holy incense (Ex. 30:34³⁴And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: (Exodus 30:34)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The word nataph signifies “a drop” and is so translated in Job 36:27²⁷For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof: (Job 36:27). Hence stacte is doubtless a spice that oozes from a tree in drops: it formed a part of the holy incense (Ex. 30:34³⁴And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: (Exodus 30:34)). The RV has in its margin “opobalsamum.” It is probably the gum from the storax tree, Styrax officinalis.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

5198 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

nataph

Phonic:

naw-tawf’

Meaning:

from 5197; a drop; specifically, an aromatic gum (probably stacte)

KJV Usage:

drop, stacte

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a drop