KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

(Gr. heduosmon, i.e., "having a sweet smell"), one of the garden herbs of which the Pharisees paid tithes (Matthew 23:23; Luke 11:42). It belongs to the labiate family of plants. The species most common in Syria is the Mentha sylvestris, the wild mint, which grows much larger than the garden mint (M. sativa). It was much used in domestic economy as a condiment, and also as a medicine. The paying of tithes of mint was in accordance with the Mosiac law (Deuteronomy 14:22), but the error of the Pharisees lay in their being more careful about this little matter of the mint than about weightier matters.

Matthew 23:23
Luke 11:42

This name occurs only in (Matthew 23:23) and Luke 11:42 As one of those herbs the tithe of which the Jews were most scrupulously exact in paying. The horse mint, M. Sylvestris , and several other species of mint are common in Syria.

MINT, noun [Latin moneta.]

1. The place where money is coined by public authority. In Great Britain, formerly, there was a mint in almost every county; but the privilege of coining is now considered as a royal prerogative in that country, and as the prerogative of the sovereign power in other countries. The only mint now in Great Britain is in the Tower of London. The mint in the United States is in Philadelphia.

2. A place of invention or fabrication; as a mint of phrases; a mint of calumny.

3. A source of abundant supply.

MINT, verb transitive To coin; to make and stamp money.

1. To invent; to forge; to fabricate.

MINT, noun [Latin mentha.] A plant of the genus Mentha.

MINT'AGE, noun That which is coined or stamped.

1. The duty paid for coining.

MINT'ER, noun A coiner; also, an inventor.

MINT'MAN, noun A coiner; one skilled in coining or in coins.

MINT'M'ASTER, noun The master or superintendent of a mint.

1. One who invents or fabricates.