Dict: easton - Apothecary

easton:

Apothecary @ rendered in the margin and the Revised Version "perfumer," in kjv@Exodus:30:25 kjv@Exodus:37:29; kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:1. The holy oils and ointments were prepared by priests properly qualified for this office. The feminine plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered "confectionaries" in kjv@1Samuel:8:13.