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νάρδος

nardos · nard

Greek word · Strong’s number G3487 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

nardos (νάρδος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “nard”.

A very expensive perfume made from a plant of India.

How to say it

nar·dos

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

  1. A very costly perfume from an Indian plant.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Where it appears

  • 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.

  • John 12:3

    Then Mary took a litra of perfume, pure nard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.