alabastron - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H211 — ophir in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G211 ἀλάβαστρον (alabastron) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. alabastron (al-ab'-as-tron) n. 1. (properly) an "alabaster" box 2. (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material) It has 4 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include alabaster. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
alabastron (al-ab'-as-tron) n. 1. (properly) an "alabaster" box 2. (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material) [neuter of alabastros (of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone] KJV: (alabaster) box
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G211. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
jar
Usage: ἀλάβαστρον, -ου, τό (also -ος, ὁ, ἡ; colloq. and κοινή for ἀλάβαστος), [in LXX: 4Ki.21:13 (צַלַּחַת)* ;] a box of alabaster (ἀλαβαστίτης) for ointment: Mat.26:7, Mrk.14:3, Luk.7:37 (see DCG, i, 41b; MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render alabastron, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G211 (ἀλάβαστρον) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
And 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.
And, 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,
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a jar is wiped, and turned upside down in the wiping.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G211.
And I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a jar is wiped, and turned upside down in the wiping.
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
And 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.
And, 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,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G211, grouped by book.
Strong's G211 is a Greek entry for G211 ἀλάβαστρον (alabastron). alabastron (al-ab'-as-tron) n. 1. (properly) an "alabaster" box 2. (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material)
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G211 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G211 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as alabaster. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G211, with linked reader references where each row is available.