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Spice

רֹ֫קֵחַStrong’s H7545

roqach (ro-qach)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Roqach is the Hebrew word usually translated “perfume of” and “perfume”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“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 KJV
Meaning
  1. Spice-mixture, perfume, ointment
How it's translated
  • perfume of 1
  • perfume 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

רֹ֫קֵחַ roqach · spice

spice-mixture, perfume, ointment

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “spice” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SPICE, noun

  1. A vegetable production, fragrant or aromatic to the smell and pungent to the taste; used in sauces and in cookery.
  2. A small quantity; something that enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of a thing.
  3. A sample.
All definitions and other forms of “spice”

    SPICE, verb transitive

    1. To season with spice; to mix aromatic substances with; as, to spice wine.
    2. To tincture; as the spiced Indian air.
    3. To render nice; to season with scruples.

    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.