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Apothecary

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Rendered in the margin and the Revised Version “perfumer,” in Exod 30:25; 37:29; Eccl 10:1. The holy oils and ointments were prepared by priests properly qualified for this office. The feminine plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered “confectionaries” in 1 Sam 8:13.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a-poth'-e-ka-ri: Found in English Versions of the Bible eight times in the Old Testament and Apocrypha for Hebrew word rendered more accurately "perfumer" by the Revised Version (British and American) in Exod 30:25; Exod 30:35; Exod 37:29; Eccl 10:1; though inconsistently retained elsewhere (2 Chr 16:14 the English Revised Version; Neh 3:8 the English Revised Version (compare the margin); Sirach 38:8; 49:1). See Perfumer.

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