Confection Confectionary (ISBE)

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kon -fek´shun , kon -fek´shun -ā̇ -ri ( רקח , rōḳaḥ "perfume," "spice," רקּהה , raḳḳāhāh , feminine "perfumer"): (1) "Confection" is found in the King James Version only and but once "a confection after the art of the apothecary" (Exodus 30:35; the Revised Version (British and American) "perfume"); but the Revised Version (British and American) renders 1 Chronicles 9:30 , "the confection (the King James Version "ointment") of the spices." It stands for something "made up," a mixture of perfumes or medicines, but never sweetmeats, as confection means with us. (2) Likewise a "confectionary" is a perfumer. This word, too, is found but once (1 Samuel 8:13 ), "He will take your daughters to be perfumers (the King James Version "confectionaries"), and to be cooks, and to be bakers." See PERFUME .

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• part_of source-manifest/isbe — ISBE (PD)