G211 ἀλάβαστρον
Strong's Greek Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences
ἀλάβαστρον
alábastron
Definition
properly, an "alabaster" box, i.e. (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material)
KJV Renderings
(alabaster) box
Derivation / Etymology
neuter of (of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone;
KJV Verses (4)
- Matthew 26:7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
- Mark 14:3¶ 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 it on his head.
- Mark 14:3¶ 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 it on his head.
- Luke 7:37And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,