KJV dictionary & concordance
An aromatic spice or plant.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Exodus 30:24
Complete exact-word concordance
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
And of Cassia fiue hundred shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, and of oyle oliue an Hin.
1611 marginal noteChap. 29.40.
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
All thy garments smell of myrrhe, and aloes, and cassia: out of the Iuorie palaces, whereby they haue made thee glad.
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
Dan also and Iauan going to and fro, occupyed in thy faires: bright yron, Cassia and Calamus were in thy market.
1611 marginal noteOr, Meuzall.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A genus of plants of many species, among which are the fistula, or purging cassia and the senna. […] From a plant of this kind was extracted an aromatic oil, used as a perfume by the Jews.
