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“Ointment” From
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(smear). Highly prized, and made of perfumes in
oil
. For uses, see Oil.
“Apothecary” From
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(to place away). The
apothecary
’s art was called for in the mixing of
perfume
(
Ex. 30:35
35
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: (Exodus 30:35)
).
“Ointment” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Except in
Exodus 30:25
25
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. (Exodus 30:25)
(where the
Hebrew
words are
mishchah
and
roqach
, and may be translated “an
oil
of holy ointment, a
perfume
”), and in
1 Chronicles 9:30
30
And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. (1 Chronicles 9:30)
and
Job 41:31
31
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. (Job 41:31)
(where the words are derived from
roqach
), the Hebrew word is
shemen
, which is constantly translated “oil.” It is used for “fatness, oil, spiced oil,” and hence “ointment,” with which on joyful occasions the
head
was anointed (
Psa. 133:2
2
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; (Psalm 133:2)
), and is elsewhere called: “the oil of gladness” (
Psa. 45:7
7
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (Psalm 45:7)
; compare
Prov. 27:9,16
9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. (Proverbs 27:9)
16
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. (Proverbs 27:16)
;
Eccl. 7:1
1
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. (Ecclesiastes 7:1)
;
Eccl. 9:8
8
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. (Ecclesiastes 9:8)
;
Amos 6:6
6
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. (Amos 6:6)
). As an emollient it was applied to wounds or bruises (
Isa. 1:6
6
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. (Isaiah 1:6)
). In the
New
Testament
the word
is
μύρον
, “oil mingled with fragrant
spices
,” with such
Mary
anointed the
Lord
, and its perfume filled the
house
(
John 12:3,5
3
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. (John 12:3)
5
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? (John 12:5)
); it was also used by a
woman
“which was a sinner” (
Luke 7:37-38
37
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38
And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. (Luke 7:37‑38)
). The ointment would be more or less costly according to the ingredients.
“Apothecary (Raqach)” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This
term is not
used
in
scripture
in
the
modern sense of a compounder of drugs
for
medicine
; but in that of a compounder of ointments, such as would now be called a “perfumer,” as it is rendered in the margin of
Exodus 30:25,
25
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. (Exodus 30:25)
where the
holy
anointing
oil
is an
ointment
compounded “after the art of the apothecary.” The same was said of the holy
incense
(
Ex. 30:35
35
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: (Exodus 30:35)
;
Ex. 37:29
29
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. (Exodus 37:29)
).
Asa
was buried in a
tomb
filled
with
sweet
odors and
spices
prepared by the apothecaries’ art (
2 Chron. 16:14
14
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. (2 Chronicles 16:14)
; compare
also
Neh. 3:8
8
Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. (Nehemiah 3:8)
). Spices were also carried to the tomb of the
Lord
to embalm His body.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
4842
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
mirqachath
Phonic:
meer-kakh’-ath
Meaning:
from
7543
; an aromatic unguent; also an unguent-pot
KJV Usage:
prepared by the apothecaries' art, compound, ointment
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