Greek noun (neuter) · G3464
μύρον
myronmoo'-ron
ointment
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mýron
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3464is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3464
"myrrh", i.e. (by implication) perfumed oil
The King James renders it: ointment.
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
myron is rendered "ointment". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Four of the uses stand in Luke, 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 Greek text spells it four different ways.
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 26:7μύρου
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's fourteen uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- fragrant oil5
- of fragrant oil4
- with fragrant oil2
- anointing oils1
- myrrh1
- oil1
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 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings 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
- μύρου6
- μύρον4
- μύρῳ3
- μύρα1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular6N-GSN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular3N-DSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular2N-ASN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2N-NSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
Matthew
two uses
a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
- μύρουmurounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of fragrant oil
By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
- μύρονmuronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: fragrant oil
Mark
three 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.
- μύρουmurounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of fragrant oil
Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?
- μύρουmurounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: fragrant oil
It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
- μύρονmuronnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: fragrant oil
Luke
four uses
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
- μύρουmurounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of fragrant oil
As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
- μύρῳmuronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: fragrant oil
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
- μύρῳmuronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: with fragrant oil
Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
- μύραmuranoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: anointing oils
John
four uses
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
- μύρῳmuronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: with fragrant oil
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
- μύρουmurounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of fragrant oil
- μύρουmurounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: oil
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
- μύρονmuronnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: fragrant oil
Revelation
one use
of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.
- μύρονmuronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: myrrh
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.