Lexicon 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. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof foreign origin Definitiona box of alabaster NASB Translationalabaster vial (3), vial (1).
Thayer's 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 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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