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# frankincense

«frankincense» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A sweet-smelling gum (resin) from certain trees in Arabia…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (frankincense, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sweet-smelling gum (resin) from certain trees in Arabia and Africa, burned to make perfumed smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#m1)

2) (Bible) One of the three gifts the wise men gave the baby Jesus, with gold and myrrh; Christians see it as a sign that Jesus is God, since it was burned in worship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A sweet gum burned as incense; it was put on the meal-offering and on the showbread in the sanctuary. Interpretation: Tradition says it was one of the spices of the holy incense, and its smoke carried the "memorial part" of the offering up to God. In the primary lessons: In religion lessons and nativity plays frankincense is one of the Magi's gifts. In church life some churches burn incense in worship. In science, it is an example of a resin from tree sap. Phrases: «gold, frankincense and myrrh».

### examples

- And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon; it is a meal-offering. (Torah LEV.2.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x1)
- And when any one bringeth a meal-offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon. (Torah LEV.2.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x2)
- And thou shalt put pure frankincense with each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial-part, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. (Torah LEV.24.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x3)
- I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering, nor wearied thee with frankincense. (Prophets ISA.43.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x4)
- Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. (Writings SNG.4.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x5)
- To what purpose is to Me the frankincense that cometh from Sheba, and the sweet cane, from a far country? (Prophets JER.6.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x6)
- The wise men brought gold, frankincense and myrrh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x7)
- Frankincense smells sweet when it burns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x8)
- In the nativity play I carried the frankincense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x9)
- Frankincense comes from the sap of a tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x10)
- The church filled with the smell of frankincense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x11)
- People have traded frankincense for thousands of years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x12)
- So she put a bit of frankincense before him and asked him to tell what it was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/#x13)

### note

Uncountable: not «a frankincense». Pronounced FRANK-in-sense. «Incense» is the general word for anything burned to smell nice. Often listed with gold and myrrh.

### In the corpora

- [And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon; it is a meal-offering.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.31/)
- [I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering, nor wearied thee with frankincense.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.963/)
- [To what purpose is to Me the frankincense that cometh from Sheba, and the sweet cane, from a far country?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.190/)
- [Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.60/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «frankincense» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frankincense/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.