Or CALAMUS, SWEET, Song of Song of Solomon 4:14 , an aromatic reed mentioned among the drugs of which the sacred perfumes were compounded, Exodus 30:23 . The true odoriferous calamus or grass came from India; and the prophets speak of it as a foreign commodity of great value, Isaiah 43:24 Jeremiah 6:20 Ezekiel 27:19 .
Although written in 1859 by William Rand, this dictionary of the Bible from the American Tract Society is still relevant today.Wikipedia
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