Onycha
שְׁחֵ֫לֶתStrong’s H7827shechelet (she-che-let)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shechelet is the Hebrew word usually translated “onycha”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:”
Meaning
- Onychaan ingredient used in the holy incense
How it's translated
- and onycha 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שְׁחֵ֫לֶת shechelet · onycha
1) onycha 1a) an ingredient used in the holy incense
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “onycha” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ON'YCHA, noun
[from Gr.]
Supposed to be the odoriferous shell of the onyxfish, or the onyx.
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.