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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Confection

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Confection

(Exodus 30:35, "ointment" in ver. 25; R.V., "perfume"). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root meaning to compound oil and perfume.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Confection

CONFECTION, noun [Latin , to make.]

1. Any thing prepared with sugar, as fruit; a sweetmeat; something preserved.

2. A composition or mixture.

3. A soft electuary.


Easton's Bible Dictionary
Confectionaries

Only in 1 Samuel 8:13, those who make confections, i.e., perfumers, who compound species and perfumes.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Confectionary

CONFECTIONARY, CONFECTIONER, noun One whose occupation is to make, or to sell sweetmeats, etc. [The latter word is most generally used.]


Naves Topical Index
Confectioner

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Confectioner

CONFECTIONARY, CONFECTIONER noun One whose occupation is to make, or to sell sweetmeats, etc. [The latter word is most generally used.]

CONFECTIONARY, noun

1. A place for sweetmeats; a place where sweetmeats and similar things are made of sold.

2. Sweetmeats in general; things prepared or sold by a CONFECTIONER