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ἀλάβαστρος

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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
Gloss: 
alabaster jar; a long-necked flask, the top of which was broken off to empty its contents
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,