Strong’s G211 · Greek
ἀλάβαστρον
alábastron · al-ab'-as-tron
Origin neuter of ἀλάβαστρος (of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone;
Meaning properly, an "alabaster" box, i.e. (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material)
In the King James Version (alabaster) box.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- 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 14:3And 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,
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.