Stacte
“A drop; that which drips”
Summary
One of the four aromatic substances used in compounding the holy incense for tabernacle worship, likely derived from the storax tree or pure myrrh.
☩Sacred Incense Ingredient
Stacte was one of the four 'sweet spices' that God commanded Moses to use in making the sacred incense for the tabernacle. The other three ingredients were onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense. This perfume was holy and forbidden for common use.
☩Identification
The Hebrew word nataph means 'a drop,' referring to a substance that oozes from a plant. Some scholars identify it with the purest form of myrrh that drops spontaneously from the tree. Others identify it with storax, a fragrant gum resin from the Styrax officinale tree native to Syria, which grows about fifteen to twenty feet high with white flowers and yields a reddish-yellow aromatic resin.
Related Verses1 mention
Exodus· 1 verse
See Also
References
- 1.George Morrish, "Stacte," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 2.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Stacte," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Stacte," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).