Stacte

STACTE stak'-te (nataph, "drops" (Job 36:27); stakte, meaning "oozing out in drops"):

One of the ingredients of the holy ointment (Exodus 30:34; Ecclesiasticus 24:15, margin "opobalsamum," the King James Version "storax"). The marginal reading is a concession to Jewish tradition, but see SPICE, (1). Dioscorides describes two kinds of stacte, one of pure myrrh and one of storax and a fat mixed. See MYRRH. This nataph must have been either myrrh "in drops," as it is collected, or some other fragrant gum, similarly collected, such, for example, as gum tragacanth.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STACTE'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.