HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2464
חֶלְבְּנָה
chel.be.nah — galbanum
1) galbanum 1a) a kind of resin or gum, ingredient of the holy incense
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Galbanum
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GREEK · G9692
χαλβάνη
chalbanē — galbanum
galbanum
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Heb. helbenah, (Ex. 30:34), one of the ingredients in the holy incense. It is a gum, probably from the Galbanum officinale.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.