Meaning of “cassia”

1. Cassia — (1.) Hebrew _kiddah'_, i.e., "split." One of the principal spices of the holy anointing oil (Ex. 30:24), and an article of commerce (Ezek. 27:19). It is the inner bark of a tree resembling the cinnamon (q.v.), the Cinnamomum cassia of botanists, and was probably imported from India. (2.) Hebrew pl. _ketzi'oth_ (Ps. 45:8). Mentioned in connection with myrrh and aloes as being used to scent garments. It was probably prepared from the peeled bark, as the Hebrew word suggests, of some kind of cinnamon.

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Bible Search for “cassia”

1. Exodus Chapter 30 Verse 24 — And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

2. Psalms Chapter 45 Verse 8 — All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

3. Ezekiel Chapter 27 Verse 19 — Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

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