Thyine wood
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This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.
Thyine wood is a 15th century English name for a Mediterranean tree known in botany as Callitris quadrivalvis, Thuja Articulata, or Tetraclinis articulata - the last seems to be the most recently accepted name.
It was called citrus, citron wood, by the Romans. The name of this wood is derived from the Greek word thuein, “to sacrifice”, and it was so called because it was burnt in sacrifices, on account of its fragrance. The wood of this tree was reckoned very valuable, and was used for making articles of furniture by the Greeks and Romans.
Thyine wood is mentioned in the King James Version of the Bible at Rev. 18:12 as being among the articles which would cease to be purchased when Babylon fell.
The New International Version translates the passage "citron wood"; the Amplified Bible translates it as "scented wood".
