• Hebrew pl. Ketzi'oth ( Psalm 45:8 ). Mentioned in connection with myrrh and aloes as being used to scent garments. It was probably prepared from the peeled bark, as the Hebrew word suggests, of some kind of cinnamon.

    Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

    Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Cassia'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/c/cassia.html. 1897.