Strong G3464μύρον
ointment
- Transliteration
- muron
- Pronunciation
- moo'-ron
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Detailed 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 (AS)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G3464 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ointment13
- of1
First verses
- 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 26:9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
- 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?
- 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.)
- John 12:3Then 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 12:5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
- Revelation 18:13And 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.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μύρον [ῠ], τό,
sweet oil, unguent, perfume, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 31 (_plural_), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 36, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.18, 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 9, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 14 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22; μύρον ἑψῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 946; ὄζω μύρου [prev. author] “Ec.” 524; μ. κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς καταχέαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398a)]; mixed with wine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 12.31)]; various kinds in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.42ff, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.688e ff.)]; μ. Μενδήσιον, ἠθητόν, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 89.3, 436.1 (3rd c.BC): proverbial, τὸ ἐπὶ τῇ φακῇ μ.)] sweet oil on lentils, i.e. 'a jewel of gold in a swine's snout', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 1.19.2, compare 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 45, 4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus 14, title of Menippean Satire by Varro.)]
2 place where unguents were sold, perfume-market, τὰ μειράκια.. τἀν τῷ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1375, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Polyzelus Comicus 11; οἱ δ᾽ ἐν τῷ μ. λαλεῖτε 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 2; ἵσταται πρὸς τῷ μ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 209.)]
3 metaphorically, anything graceful or charming, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 5.89.)]
sweet oil, unguent, perfume, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 31 (_plural_), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 36, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.18, 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 9, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 14 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22; μύρον ἑψῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 946; ὄζω μύρου [prev. author] “Ec.” 524; μ. κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς καταχέαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398a)]; mixed with wine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 12.31)]; various kinds in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.42ff, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.688e ff.)]; μ. Μενδήσιον, ἠθητόν, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 89.3, 436.1 (3rd c.BC): proverbial, τὸ ἐπὶ τῇ φακῇ μ.)] sweet oil on lentils, i.e. 'a jewel of gold in a swine's snout', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 1.19.2, compare 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 45, 4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus 14, title of Menippean Satire by Varro.)]
2 place where unguents were sold, perfume-market, τὰ μειράκια.. τἀν τῷ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1375, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Polyzelus Comicus 11; οἱ δ᾽ ἐν τῷ μ. λαλεῖτε 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 2; ἵσταται πρὸς τῷ μ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 209.)]
3 metaphorically, anything graceful or charming, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 5.89.)]