Strong's Concordance alabastron: a box of alabaster Original Word: ἀλάβαστρον, ου, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: alabastron Phonetic Spelling: (al-ab'-as-tron) Short Definition: an alabaster phial or bottle Definition: a phial or bottle of perfumed ointment, usually of alabaster. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 211: ἀλάβαστρονἀλάβαστρον, , 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)): Luke 7:37; Matthew 26:7; Mark 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 Strong's Exhaustive Concordance alabaster box. Neuter of alabastros (of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone; properly, an "alabaster" box, i.e. (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material) -- (alabaster) box. Forms and Transliterations αλαβαστρον αλάβαστρον ἀλάβαστρον alabastron alábastronLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 2114 Occurrences ἀλάβαστρον — 4 Occ. Matthew 26:7 N-ANS GRK: γυνὴ ἔχουσα ἀλάβαστρον μύρου βαρυτίμου NAS: came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly KJV: having an alabaster box of very precious INT: a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment very costly Mark 14:3 N-ANS Mark 14:3 N-ANS Luke 7:37 N-ANS |