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Answer for the clue "Sweet spice: Ex. 30:34 ", 6 letters:
stacte

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (Old Testament) one of several sweet-smelling spices used in incense

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Stacte or nataph (, nataf ) are names used for one component of the Solomon's Temple incense , the Ketoret , discussed in Exodus 30:34. Variously translated to the Greek term ( AMP : ) or to an unspecified "gum resin" or similar ( NIV : ), it was to be ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in preparing incense; possibly an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stacte \Stac"te\ (st[a^]k"t[-e]), n. [L., fr. Gr. stakth`, strictly fem. of stakto`s oozing out in drops, fr. sta`zein to drop.] One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh ...

Usage examples of stacte.

I have it in musk, civet, amber, Phoenicobalanus, the decoction of turmerick, sesana, nard, spikenard, calamus odoratus, stacte, opobalsamum, amomum, storax, ladanum, aspalathum, opoponax, oenanthe.

Israelite women: the hennaed hair and fingernails, the ball perfumed with stacte and onychy between her breasts, the kohl for her eyes and the carmine for her lips.

I have it in musk, civet, amber, Phoenicobalanus, the decoction of turmerick, sesana, nard, spikenard, calamus odoratus, stacte, opobalsamum, amomum, storax, ladanum, aspalathum, opoponax, oenanthe.