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Strong's G3464 μύρον (myron)

Myron means “ointment” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3464 — yashen (“Jashen”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3464
Language Greek
Linked Usages 28
Books 17

Strong's G3464 Quick Answer

Strong's G3464 μύρον (muron) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. muron (moo'-ron) n. 1. "myrrh" 2. (by implication) perfumed oil It has 28 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include ointment, oil, and ointments. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
muron (moo'-ron) n. 1. "myrrh" 2. (by implication) perfumed oil
Usage
28 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
ointment, oil, and ointments

Meaning and Definition

muron (moo'-ron) n. 1. "myrrh" 2. (by implication) perfumed oil [probably of foreign origin] KJV: ointment Compare: G4666, H4753

Original Word
μύρον
Transliteration
muron
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3464. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

ointment

Usage: 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 (AS)

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How Strong's G3464 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render muron, 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.

ointment Matthew 26:7 10× oil Luke 7:46 ointments Luke 23:56

How Strong's G3464 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 13 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3464 (μύρον) appears 16 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3464 by Corpus

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.

Strong's G3464 in the New Testament

13 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 26:7 KJV

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.

Matthew 26:9 KJV

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

Matthew 26:12 KJV

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

Strong's G3464 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

13 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 30:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment tempered by the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

1 Chronicles 9:30 Septuagint / Brenton

And some of the priests were makers of the ointment, and appointed to prepare the spices.

2 Chronicles 16:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And they buried him in the sepulcher which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled it with spices and all kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral.

Strong's G3464 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 10:3 Septuagint / Brenton

and pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of her head, and put on a tire upon it, and put on her garments of gladness, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasseh her husband.

Wisdom of Solomon 2:7 Septuagint / Brenton

Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments: And let no flower of the spring pass by us.

Usage Excerpts

First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3464.

Exodus 30:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment tempered by the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
1 Chronicles 9:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And some of the priests were makers of the ointment, and appointed to prepare the spices.
2 Chronicles 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they buried him in the sepulcher which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled it with spices and all kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral.
Psalms 132:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is as ointment on the head, that ran down to the beard, Even the beard of Aaron; That ran down to the fringe of his clothing.
Proverbs 34:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Song of Solomon 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the smell of thine ointments is better than all spices: Thy name is ointment poured forth; Therefore do the young maidens love thee.
Song of Solomon 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have drawn thee: We will run after thee, for the smell of thine ointments: The king has brought me into his closet: Let us rejoice and be glad in thee; We will love thy breasts more than wine: Righteousness loves thee.
Song of Solomon 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon; With all woods of Lebanon, Myrrh, aloes, with all chief spices:
Isaiah 25:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord of hosts shall make a feast for all the nations: on this mount they shall drink gladness, they shall drink wine:
Isaiah 39:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hezekiah was glad of their coming, and he showed them the house of his spices, and of silver, and gold, and myrrh, and incense, and ointment, and all the houses of his treasures, and all that he had in his stores: and there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, which Hezekiah did not show.
Jeremiah 25:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will destroy from among them the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the scent of ointment, and the light of a candle.
Ezekiel 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Judah and the children of Israel, these were thy merchants; in the sale of corn and ointments and cassia: and they gave the best honey, and oil, and resin, to thy trading population.
Amos 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment: and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.
Matthew 26:7 New Testament, KJV
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.
Matthew 26:9 New Testament, KJV
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Matthew 26:12 New Testament, KJV
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
Mark 14:3 New Testament, KJV
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.
Mark 14:4 New Testament, KJV
And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
Luke 7:37 New Testament, KJV
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,
Luke 7:38 New Testament, KJV
And 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 7:46 New Testament, KJV
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Luke 23:56 New Testament, KJV
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
John 11:2 New Testament, KJV
(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
John 12:3 New Testament, KJV
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
John 12:5 New Testament, KJV
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
Revelation 18:13 New Testament, KJV
And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Judith 10:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of her head, and put on a tire upon it, and put on her garments of gladness, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasseh her husband.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments: And let no flower of the spring pass by us.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3464, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 4 usages, New Testament
John 3 usages, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3464 FAQ

What does myron (μύρον) mean?

Myron (Strong's G3464) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ointment". muron (moo'-ron) n. 1. "myrrh" 2. (by implication) perfumed oil

How many times is myron (μύρον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's G3464 across 17 books.

Where can I study myron (μύρον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3464 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate myron (μύρον)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ointment, oil, and ointments. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3464 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 13 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3464, with linked reader references where each row is available.