Essential Oils in the Bible

Essential oils have been an indispensable piece of the every day lives of individuals for millennia.

At any rate 33 explicit essential oils and fragrant oil-delivering plants are referenced in the Bible, and “incense” is referenced multiple times in Scripture. Song 45:7-8, Proverbs 27:9, Isaiah 61:3 and Hebrews 1:9 all reference oils here and there, as in “the oil of delight” and “the oil of energy,” and they talk about how oils “cheer the heart.” 

Essential oils are likewise alluded to in the Bible as scents, smells, balms, fragrances, aromas and sweet relishes. Altogether, there are more than 600 references to Essential oils or potentially the fragrant plants from which they were removed in the Bible. 

12 Essential Oils of the Bible 

Here are 12 of the most loved oils of the Bible and their noteworthy employments… 

1. Frankincense 

Frankincense is the ruler of all essential oils. It was utilized as an fundamental segment of the heavenly incense, a medication and a cash — and obviously, it was a blessing from the insightful men to infant Jesus. Indeed, at the hour of Jesus’ introduction to the world, both frankincense and myrrh may have been worth more than their weight in the third blessing: gold. 

2. Myrrh 

Cited in Scripture multiple times, employments of myrrh oil in the Bible included use as a salve, an incense, a preserving fixing and as a skin stunner treatment by Queen Esther in Esther 2:12. By a wide margin, myrrh’s most basic utilization in the Bible is as a piece of blessed blessing oil. 

3. Cinnamon 

Like myrrh, cinnamon oil was a main fixing in blessed blessing oil and used to purify the air, murder form and go about as a characteristic medication. In Proverbs 7:17, Solomon utilizes this sweet-smelling oil in the room and as a characteristic aroma or cologne. 

4. Cedarwood 

Ruler Solomon utilized cedarwood in building God’s sanctuary and Jesus was killed on a cross made of cedarwood or cypress. It was thought to bring intelligence, was utilized for custom purifying and filled in as medication in treating skin conditions and uncleanliness. 

5. Spikenard 

In the Bible, “nard” was an over the top expensive scent as well as a valuable treatment that was utilized as medication. Strangely, the “spikenard” utilized in the Bible may have indeed been lavender oil. In John 12:3, the Bible advises how spikenard was utilized to bless Jesus only days before His demise and revival. 

6. Hyssop 

In the Old Testament, God instructed His kin to utilize hyssop in the stylized purifying of individuals and houses. Hyssop shows up at Jesus’ torturous killing, when the Roman officers offered Jesus a beverage of wine vinegar on a on a sponge at the end of a stalk of hyssop. 

7. Cassia 

A spice basically the same as cinnamon, cassia oil is the fourth fixing recorded in the heavenly blessing oil point by point in Exodus 30:24. It might have been delivered once again from Egypt when the Israelites escaped Pharaoh and was normally utilized with myrrh and aloes to aroma articles of clothing. 

8. Sandalwood (Aloes) 

In Scripture, sandalwood is alluded to as “aloes” and is called one of the oils of happiness and energy alongside frankincense, myrrh and cedarwood. Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea brought sandalwood (aloes) and myrrh to cover Jesus, and in the present market, the measure of oils utilized would merit an expected $200,000. 

9. Cypress 

Cypress is commended in Scripture as an image of solidarity, security and flourishing. The Bible notices cypress as the decision wood for building, exchanging and even weaponry. In Genesis 6:14, God told Noah to “make yourself an ark of gopher wood,” which in current English is indeed “cypress.” 

10. Galbanum 

Galbanum is a fundamental element of the sacred incense utilized in the core of the sanctuary in Exodus 30:34. Strangely, in spite of the fact that galbanum itself has a to some degree foul smell, when ignited with other sweet smelling oils in heavenly incense, it has the most excellent fragrance and was thought to adjust the feelings. 

11. Rose of Sharon 

Referenced in the Song of Solomon, the rose of Sharon isn’t actually a “rose” however rather like the hibiscus or tulip (which is likewise a wellspring of saffron). Some Bible explainers consider the to be of Sharon as Christ and the lily as the congregation, His lady. 

12. Calamus 

Otherwise called “sweet stick,” calamus is an antiquated spice that is maybe what we presently know as lemongrass. In Biblical occasions, calamus was utilized in aromas, incense and as a fixing in the exceptional blessed blessing oil utilized by the ministers in the sanctuary.