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CINNAMON

A member of the laurel family. The cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Nees) is evergreen and grows up to 9 m. (30 ft.) tall. The fruit of the cinnamon tree (Heb. qinnāmôn; Gk. kinnámōmon) provides a fragrant oil when pressed. The distilled bark also produces oil of lesser quality. Quills of the bark and the ground inner rind of the bark are used for sweetening food. It is likely that in biblical times cinnamon was imported from the tropical Far East via the Silk Road.

In ancient times, cinnamon oil was valued as a precious perfume. It was an ingredient in the sacred oil Moses made to anoint the ark of the covenant and the tent of meeting (Exod. 30:23). The “strange” woman of Proverbs perfumed her bed with cinnamon (Prov. 7:17). In the Song of Solomon and Revelation cinnamon appears as a luxury item (Cant. 4:14; Rev. 18:13).

Megan Bishop Moore






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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