Ebony
Bible Usage:
- ebony used once.
- Bible Reference: Ezekiel 27:15
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1894 Used 1 time
A black, hard wood, brought by the merchants from India to Tyre (Ezekiel 27:15). It is the heart-wood, brought by Diospyros ebenus, which grows in Ceylon and Southern India.
A fossil. Merchandise in.
Ezekiel 27:15
(Ezekiel 27:15) one of the valuable commodities imported into Tyre by the men of Dedan; a hard, heavy and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The most usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green. The black is the heart of a tree called Diospyros ebenum . It was imported from India or Ceylon by Phoenician traders.
EB'ONY, noun [Latin ebenus.] A species of hard, heavy and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss; said to be brought from Madagascar. The most usual color is black, red or green. The best is a jet black, free from veins and rind, very heavy, astringent and of an acrid pungent taste. On burning coals it yields an agreeable perfume, and when green it readily takes fire from its abundance of fat. It is wrought into toys, and used for mosaic and inlaid work.
EB'ONY-TREE, noun The Ebenus, a small tree constituting a genus, growing in Crete and other isles of the Archipelago.