Cinnamon
קִנָּמוֹןStrong’s H7076qinnamon (qin-na-mon)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qinnamon is the Hebrew word usually translated “cinnamon” and “cinnamon of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,”
Meaning
- Cinnamonfragrant bark used as spice
How it's translated
- and cinnamon 2
- and cinnamon of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 1
- Proverbs 1
- Song of Solomon 1
3 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
קִנָּמוֹן qinnamon · cinnamon
1) cinnamon 1a) fragrant bark used as spice
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cinnamon” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CINNAMON, noun
The bark of two species of Laurus. The true cinnamon is the inner bark of the Laurus Cinnamomum, a native of Ceylon. The base cinnamon is from the Laurus Cassia. The true cinnamon is a most grateful aromatic, of a fragrant smell, moderately pungent taste, accompanied with some degree of sweetness and astringency. It is one of the best cordial, carminative and restorative spices. The essential oil is of great price.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.