Opobalsamum - ) The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the Balsamodendron opobalsamum, now commonly called Balm of Gilead

Balm - Balm of Gilead. Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent and from this plant is obtained the Balm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca or of Syria

Tacamahaca - ) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or Balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera)

Balm - It may represent the gum of the Pistacia lentiscus , or more probably that of the Balsamodendron opobalsamum , allied to the Balm of Gilead , which abounded in Gilead east of the Jordan

Spice, Spices - In the other places, with the exception perhaps of (Song of Solomon 1:13 ; 6:2 ) the words refer more generally to sweet aromatic odors, the principal of which was that of the balsam or Balm of Gilead; the tree which yields this substance is now generally admitted to be the Balsam-odendron opobalsamum . The Balm of Gilead tree grows in some parts of Arabia and Africa, and is seldom more than fifteen feet high, with straggling branches and scanty foliage

Spices - Balsam or Balm of Gilead, Αmyris opobalsamum ; a tropical plant that grew in the plains of Jericho and the hot valleys of southern Palestine. ) The Balm of Gilead tree is not more than 15 ft

Balm - Most ancient references seem to be to the resin from Balsamodendron opobalsamum or Balm of Gilead

Gilead - The Scripture speaks of the Balm of Gilead, Jeremiah 8:22 ; Jeremiah 46:11 ; Jeremiah 51:8

Balm - The so-called ‘Balm of Gilead’ of commerce, and the substance sold by the monks of Jericho to-day, this latter a product of the zakkûm tree, are neither of them serious claimants to be the genuine article

Gil'e-ad - Gilead was specially noted for its balm collected from "balm of Gilead" trees, and worth twice its weight in silver

Gilead - The Balm of Gilead was proverbial for its healing virtues

Gilead - The Balm of Gilead was proverbial for its healing virtues

Balm - The Ρistacia lentiscus ("mastick") has its Arabic name dseri answering to the Hebrew tsori , which seems to favor its claim to being the Balm of Gilead

Gilead - The Balm of Gilead was held in high favor, Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 46:11; it is said that only a spoonful could be collected in a day, and that was sold for twice its weight in silver

Gilead - The Balm of Gilead is used in Scripture as typical of Christ

Thorn - The Balm of Gilead is said to have been procured from the Spins Christi , by incision in the bark; antitypically, our healing comes from His wound

Plants in the Bible - The Balm of Gilead or opohybalsam is yielded by Commiphora gileadensis , a non-spiny shrub of dry country in Southern Arabia and said to have been cultivated by Solomon at En-Gedi near the Dead Sea (Song of Song of Solomon 5:1 , “spice”)

Cures - The Balm of Gilead had an ancient reputation for healing virtue, and the Pools of Siloam and Bethesda and the springs at Tiberias and Callirrhoë were reputed to be curative

Canaan - But Gilead appears to have been the country in which it chiefly abounded: hence the name, "balm of Gilead

Possession - _ Indications are not wanting that matters of diet and the use of restoratives were studied, and as healing appliances the Balm of Gilead, the waters of Siloam and Bethesda, the hot springs of Tiberias and Callirhce were well known and widely used