Greek Word Study · Strong’s G3464
μύρον
muron · “ointment”
Used 14 times across 5 books
Definition
μύρον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶן, Pro.27:9, Psa.133:2, al. ;]
ointment: Mat.26:7, 12, Mrk.14:3-5, Luk.7:37-38, 46 23:56, Jhn.11:2 12:3, 5, Rev.18:13.†
SYN.: ἔλαιον, q.v
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶן, Pro.27:9, Psa.133:2, al. ;]
ointment: Mat.26:7, 12, Mrk.14:3-5, Luk.7:37-38, 46 23:56, Jhn.11:2 12:3, 5, Rev.18:13.†
SYN.: ἔλαιον, q.v
Where it appears
Matthew2
Mark3
Luke4
John4
Revelation1
In the text
Matthew 26:7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.Matthew 26:12For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.Mark 14:3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.Mark 14:4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?Mark 14:5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.Luke 7:37And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,Luke 7:38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.Luke 7:46My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.Luke 23:56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.John 11:2(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
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