Greek noun (neuter) · G211
ἀλάβαστρον
alabastronal-ab'-as-tron
jar
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: alábastron
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G211is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G211
properly, an "alabaster" box, i.e. (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material)
The King James renders it: (alabaster) box.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
alabastron is rendered "jar". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 26:7a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
The first use
a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
Matthew 26:7ἀλάβαστρον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- an alabaster flask3
- alabaster flask1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀλάβαστρον4
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular2N-ASN
Matthew
one use
a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
- ἀλάβαστρονalabastronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: an alabaster flask
Mark
two uses
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
- ἀλάβαστρονalabastronnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: an alabaster flask
- ἀλάβαστρονalabastronnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: alabaster flask
Luke
one use
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
- ἀλάβαστρονalabastronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: an alabaster flask
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.