211. alabastron
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alabastron: a box of alabaster
Original Word: ἀλάβαστρον, ου, τό
Part 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.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
a box of alabaster
NASB Translation
alabaster vial (3), vial (1).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 211: ἀλάβαστρον

ἀλάβαστρον, , τό (in the plural in Theocritus, 15, 114; Anth, Pal. 9, 153; in other secular writings and 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
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.

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