Gloss
alabaster jar; a long-necked flask, the top of which was broken off to empty its contents
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἀλάβαστρος, ὁ
Greek transliteration
alabastros
Simplified transliteration
alabastros
Numbers
Strong's number
211
GK Number
223
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
4
Definition
can be masculine, feminine (2x), or neuter (ἀλάβαστρον, 2x), an alabaster vase , Mk. 14:3 (2x); 26:7; Lk. 7:37*
Greek-English Concordance for ἀλάβαστρος
| Matthew 26:7 | a woman came to him with an alabaster (alabastron | ἀλάβαστρον | acc sg neut) flask of very expensive perfume that she poured over 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 reclined at table, there came a woman with an alabaster (alabastron | ἀλάβαστρον | acc sg fem) flask of very costly anointment of pure nard; and breaking the flask (alabastron | ἀλάβαστρον | acc sg fem), she poured it over his head. |
| Luke 7:37 | Now there was a woman known in the city as a sinner, and when she learned that Jesus was reclining at table in the house of the Pharisee, she brought an alabaster (alabastron | ἀλάβαστρον | acc sg neut) jar of perfume, |
