Strong's Lexicon
G211 — ἀλάβαστρον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G211 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀλάβαστρον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | neuter of alabastros (of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | alabastron |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | al-ab'-as-tron |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) an "alabaster" box 2. (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material) |
| KJV Renderings: | (alabaster) box |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλάβαστρον, , τό (in the plural in Theocritus, 15, 114; Anth, Pal. 9, 153; in other secular writings ὁ and ἡ ἀλάβαστρος; (the older and more correct spelling drops the p, cf. Stephanus’ Thesaurus, under the word, 1385 d.; Liddell and Scott, under the word ἀλάβαστρος)), a box made of alabaster, in which unguents are preserved (Pliny, h. n, 13, 2 (3) (others, 13, 19) "unguenta optime servantur in alabastris); with the addition of μύρου (as in Lucian, dial. mer. 14, 2; (Herodotus 3, 20)): Luk 7:37; Mat 26:7; Mar 14:3 (where L T adopt τόν ἀλάβαστρον, Tr WH (Meyer) τήν ἀλ.; Matthew and Luke do not add the article, so that it is not clear in what gender they use the word (cf. Tdf.s critical note at the passage)). Cf. Winers RWB (or B. D.) under the word .
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀλάβαστρον ((alabaster) box)
Matthew 26:7
- KJV: There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment and poured it on his head as he sat
- GK: προσήλθεν αυτώ γυνή αλάβαστρον μύρου έχουσα βαρυτίμου και κατέχεεν επί την κεφαλήν αυτού ανακειμένου
Mark 14:3
- KJV: And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper as he sat at meat there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious and she brake the box and poured on his head
- GK: και όντος αυτού εν Βηθανία εν τη οικία Σίμωνος του λεπρού κατακειμένου αυτού ήλθε γυνή έχουσα αλάβαστρον μύρου νάρδου πιστικής πολυτελούς και συντρίψασα το αλάβαστρον κατέχεεν αυτού κατά της κεφαλής
Luke 7:37
- KJV: And behold a woman in the city which was a sinner when she knew that sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house brought an alabaster box of ointment
- GK: και ιδού γυνή εν τη πόλει ήτις ην αμαρτωλός επιγνούσα ότι ανάκειται εν τη οικία του Φαρισαίου κομίσασα αλάβαστρον μύρου
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