. A dictionary of the Bible .. . edintended, it is certain that it did not grow in Spia,otherwise we cannot suppose it should be spoken ofas a valuable product from a far country. Dr. Roylerefeis the KaXafios apaifj-ariKSs of Dioscoiides to aspecies of Andropogon, which he calls A. calamusaromaticus, a plant of remarkable fragrance, and anative of Central India, where it is used to mix withointments on account of the delicacy of its odour(see Kittos Cycl. Art. Kaneh bosem ; and a this plant in Royles Illustrations of HimalayanBotany, p. 425, t. 97). It is possible this may bethe reed of
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . edintended, it is certain that it did not grow in Spia,otherwise we cannot suppose it should be spoken ofas a valuable product from a far country. Dr. Roylerefeis the KaXafios apaifj-ariKSs of Dioscoiides to aspecies of Andropogon, which he calls A. calamusaromaticus, a plant of remarkable fragrance, and anative of Central India, where it is used to mix withointments on account of the delicacy of its odour(see Kittos Cycl. Art. Kaneh bosem ; and a this plant in Royles Illustrations of HimalayanBotany, p. 425, t. 97). It is possible this may bethe reed of fragrance ; but it is hardly likelythat Dioscorides, who, under the term a-j(invosgives a description of the Andropogon Schoenanthus,should speak of a closely allied species under atotally different name. Still there is no necessityto refer the Keneh bosem or hattob to the KaKa/nosapaifxaTiKSs of Dioscorides ; it may be represented byDr. Koyles plant or by the Andropogon Schoenanthus,the lemon grass of India and Arabia. [W. H.]. 1022 EEELAIAH EEELAIAH (n^^yi: PeeXias: Bahelaia).One of the chililren of the province who went upwith Zerubbabel (Ezr. ii. 2). In Neh. vii. 7 he iscalled PvAAiiiAH, and in 1 Esd. v. 8 Reesaias. EEELIUS {PeeXias). This name occupies theplace of BiGVAi in Ezr. ii. 2 (1 Esd. v. 8). Thelist in the Vulgate is so corrupt that it is diflicultto trace either. REESAIAS (Prjo-aiay: Elmi£us). The sameas Reklaiau or Raamiah (1 Esd. v. 8). EEFINER (C)]V ; ^yiO). The refiners artwas essential to the working of the precious consisted in the separation of the dross from thepure ore, which was eftected by reducing the metalto a fluid state by the application of heat, and bythe aid of solvents, such as alkali» (Is. i. 25) orlead (Jer. vi. 29), which, amalgamating with thedross, permitted the extraction of the unadulteratedmetal. The term ^ usually applied to refining hadreference to the process of melting: occasionally,however, the effect of the process is
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