Lexicon nardos: nard, ointment of nard Original Word: νάρδος, ου, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: nardos Phonetic Spelling: (nar'dos) Short Definition: spikenard, a perfume Definition: spikenard, a perfume made originally from a plant growing on the Himalayas. HELPS word-Studies 3487 nárdos – nard (spikenard); an Indian plant, "the nardostachys nardus jatamansi, used for the preparation of a fragrant ointment; ointment of nard: Mk 14:3; Jn 12:3" (Abbott-Smith). When refined, nard is a "perfume, made originally from the 'Nardostachys Jatamansi' growing on the Himalayas" (Souter). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof foreign origin, cf. nerdDefinitionnard, ointment of nard NASB Translationnard (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3487: νάρδοςνάρδος, νάρδου, ἡ (a Sanskrit word (cf. Fick as in Löw below); Hebrew נֵרְדְּ, Song of Solomon 1:12; Song of Solomon 4:13f); a. nard, the head or spike of a fragrant East Indian plant belonging to the genus Valeriana, which yields a juice of delicious odor which the ancients used (either pure or mixed) in the preparation of a most precious ointment; hence, b. nard oil or ointment; so Mark 14:3; John 12:3. Cf. Winer, RWB under the word Narde; Rüetschi in Herzog x., p. 203; Furrer in Schenkel, p. 286f; (Löw, Aramäische Pflanzennamen (Leip. 1881), § 316, p. 368f; Royle in Alex.'s Kitto under the word Nerd; Birdwood in the 'Bible Educator' ii. 152).
Strong's spikenard. Of foreign origin (compare nerd); "nard" -- (spike-)nard. see HEBREW nerd |
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