Galbanum
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Heb. helbenah, (Exod 30:34), one of the ingredients in the holy incense. It is a gum, probably from the Galbanum officinale.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
gal'-ba-num (chelbenah; chalbdne):
A gum-resin which occurs in small, round, semitranslucent tears or in brownish yellow masses; has a pleasant aromatic odor and a bitter taste; and is today, at any rate, imported from Persia.
It is derived from certain umbelliferous plants, Ferula galbaniflua and F. rubricaulis. It is mentioned in Exod 30:34 as an ingredient of the holy incense, and also in /APC Sirach 24:15: "a pleasant odor .... as galbanum."
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