νάρδος

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νάρδος, ου, ἡ

Greek transliteration

nardos

Simplified transliteration

nardos

Numbers

Strong's number

3487

GK Number

3726

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Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

n-2b

Gloss

nard, the oil of (spike)nard, extracted from the root

Definition

spikenard, ,a species of aromatic plant with grassy leaves and a fibrous root, of which the best and strongest grows in India; in NT oil of spikenard, an oil extracted from the plant, which was highly prized and used as an ointment either pure or mixed with other substances, Mk. 14:3; Jn. 12:3*

Greek-English Concordance for νάρδος

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 flask of very costly anointment of pure nard (nardou \| νάρδου \| gen sg fem); and breaking the flask, she poured it over his head.
John 12:3	Mary took more than a pint of expensive perfume made of pure nard (nardou \| νάρδου \| gen sg fem) and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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