Everyday object in Scripture

Spikenard / Nard in Scripture

Costly perfume associated with anointing Jesus.

Study note: read each object in its immediate biblical context. Where shown, Strong’s links are drawn from the site’s local KJV Strong’s-token data.

Basic meaning

Costly perfume associated with anointing Jesus.

Spikenard / Nard is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.

Local Strong’s evidence

The following local KJV Strong’s-token matches are connected with the listed references for this item.

ReferenceKJV wordingStrong’sMatched wording
Mark 14:3of spikenardG3487spikenard
John 12:3of spikenardG3487spikenard

Expanded Strong’s occurrence references

Occurrence precision: context-sensitive lexical range. The references are useful, but the wording should be read in context because related English terms are included.

This table follows the content Strong’s numbers for this entry into the local KJV Strong’s occurrence index.

Expanded occurrences
2
Unique references
2
Books represented
2
Strong’s numbers
G3487

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Verse references

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