spoken of in (Exodus 30:34) was one of the ingredients of the sacred perfume. It consists of the shells of several kinds of mussels, which when burned emit a strong odor.
·noun The precious stone called onyx. II. Onycha ·noun An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probabl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A nail; claw; hoof, (Heb. sheheleth; Ex. 30:34), a Latin word applied to the operculum, i.e., the cl...
Easton's Bible Dictionary