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.STRONGS NT 211: ἀλάβαστρον

ἀλάβαστρον, , 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 alábastron

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