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Definitions of stacte in various dictionaries:
noun - (Old Testament) one of several sweet-smelling spices used in incense
A sweet spice used by the ancient Jews in making incense.
noun - a spice used by the ancient Jews in making incense
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Incense spice |
Aromatic spice repelled alien felines |
Jewish spice gives lift to alien musical |
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Jan 20 2009 Universal |
Jul 1 2005 The Times - Cryptic |
Jan 28 2005 Universal |
Jan 22 2002 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
Jan 22 2002 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
Stacte description |
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Stacte (Greek: , stakt) and nataph (Hebrew: , nataf) are names used for one component of the Solomon's Temple incense, the Ketoret, discussed in Exodus 30:34. Variously translated to the Greek term (AMP: Exodus 30:34) or to an unspecified "gum resin" or similar (NIV: Exodus 30:34), it was to be mixed in equal parts with onycha (prepared from certain vegetable resins or seashell parts), galbanum and mixed with pure frankincense and they were to "beat some of it very small" for burning on the altar of the tabernacle. * This incense was considered restricted for sacred purposes honoring Yahweh; the trivial or profane use of it was punishable by exile, as laid out in Exodus 30:34-38 (KJV). * The Hebrew word nataf means "drop", corresponding to "drops of water" (Job 36:27). The Septuagint translates nataf as stacte, a Greek word meaning "an oozing substance," which refers to various viscous liquids, including myrrh.Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel explained, "Stacte is simply the sap that drips from |