onycha

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(nail). Incense ingredient; probably burnt seashell (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:

One of the ingredients of the holy “perfume” which was burnt as 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 Hebrew is shecheleth; onycha is from the Greek ὄνυξ, “nail or claw,” and it is supposed to refer to the operculum or claw of one or more species of the Strombus, a shell fish: the claw gave a sweet odor when burnt.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7827 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

shcheleth

Phonic:

shekh-ay’-leth

Meaning:

apparently from the same as 7826 through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound; a scale or shell, i.e. the aromatic mussel.

KJV Usage:

onycha

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

whose travail: roaring (as a lion)