ἀλάβαστρον
alabastron · alabaster jar
Greek word · Strong’s number G211 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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alabastron (ἀλάβαστρον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “alabaster jar”.
Made of a fine white stone.
How to say it
a·la·bas·tron
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A fine stone vessel for perfume.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- alabaster jar ×2
- alabaster flask ×1
- jar ×1
Where it appears
- Matthew 26:7
a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very costly perfume, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.
- Mark 14:3
And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard, very costly; breaking the jar, she poured it over his head.
- Luke 7:37
And look, a woman who was a sinner in the town —and when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster flask of perfume,
And 1 more times.