BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G3464
muron — ointment
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)
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4842
mir.qa.chat — ointment
1) ointment, mixture of ointment 2) ointment-pot
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6241
aloiphē — ointment
1. anything used for anointing, hog's-lard, grease, unguent , (Homer) 2. laying on of unguents or paint, ἀλ. μύρων (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5547
Christos — Christ
χριστός (Χρ-), -ή, -όν (χρίω), [in LXX for מָשִׁיחַ and cogn. forms ;] 1. 1. as adj., (a) of things, anointing, to be used as ointment (Æsch., Eur., al.; τ. ἔλαιον τὸ χ., Lev.21:10); (b) of persons, anointed (ὁ ἰερεὺς ὁ χ., Lev.4:5; οἱ χ. ἰευρεῖς, 2Ma.1:10): ὁ χ. τοῦ κυρίου or Θεοῦ (1Ki.2:10, Psa.2:2, al.), of the Messiah (Aram., מְשִׁיחָא; cf. Dalman, Words, 289 ff.), Luk.2:11, 26 Jhn.1:41, Act.2:36 4:26, al. 2. As subst., ὁ Χριστός, the Messiah, the Christ: Mat.2:4, Mrk.8:29, Luk.2:11, Jhn.1:20, Act.2:31, Rom.7:4, al.; Ἰησοῦς, Mrk.1:1, Jhn.1:17, Act.2:38, al.; Χ. Ἰησοῦς, Mat.1:18, WH, mg. Act.5:42, Rom.6:3, al.; Χ. κύριος, Luk.2:11; Ἰησοῦς Χ. ὁ κύριος, Act.15:26, Rom.1:7, al. (AS)
497 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8267
she.qer — deception
1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood 1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one) 1b) deceit, fraud, wrong 1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb) 1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony) 1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely 1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets) 1e) lie, falsehood (in general) 1e1) false tongue 1f) in vain
108 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2608
cha.nan.yah — Hananiah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.28.1; son of: Azzur (H5809H) § Hananiah = "God has favoured" 1) the godly friend of Daniel whom Nebuchadnezzar renamed Shadrach; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king's table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord. See also, 'Shadrach' (H07714 or H07715) 2) one of the 14 sons of Heman and chief of the 16th course 3) a general in the army of King Uzziah 4) father of Zedekiah in the time of Jehoiakim 5) son of Azur, a Benjamite of Gibeon and a false prophet in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah 6) grandfather of Irijah, the captain of the ward at the gate of Benjamin who arrested Jeremiah on the charge of deserting to the Chaldeans 7) a head of a Benjamite house 8) son of Zerubbabel from whom Christ derived His descent also called 'Joanna' by Luke 9) one of the sons of Bebai who returned with Ezra from Babylon 10) a priest, one of the makers of the sacred ointments and incense, who built a portion of the wall of Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah 11) head of the priestly course of Jeremiah in the days of Joiakim 12) ruler of the palace at Jerusalem under Nehemiah and also, along with Hanani, the Tirshatha's brother, entrusted with the arrangements of guarding the gates of Jerusalem 13) Two post exilic Israelites
28 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3259
ya.ad — to appoint
1) to fix, appoint, assemble, meet, set, betroth 1a)(Qal) to appoint, assign, designate 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to meet 1b2) to meet by appointment 1b3) to gather, assemble by appointment 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet 1d) (Hophal) to be set, be placed before, be fixed
28 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4888
mish.chah — anointing
1) ointment (used to consecrate by anointing) 2) anointing portion
24 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1637
elaion — olive oil
ἔλαιον, -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶן ;] olive-oil: Luk.16:6, Rev.6:6 18:13; for lamps, Mat.25:3-4, 8; for healing, Mrk.6:13, Luk.10:34, Jhn.5:14; for anointing at feasts, Luk.7:46, Heb.1:9" (LXX) .† SYN.: μύρον, ointment, see Tr., Syn., 135 (AS)
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G211
alabastron — jar
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)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3487
nardos — nard
νάρδος, -ου, ἡ (Heb. נֵרְדְּ, both from Sanscrit narda, see Boisacq, see word), [in LXX: Sng.1:12 4:13-14 (נֵרְדְּ)* ;] nard; (a) an Indian plant, the Nardostachys nardus jatamansi, used for the preparation of a fragrant ointment; (b) ointment of nard: Mrk.14:3, Jhn.12:3.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7545
ro.qach — spice
spice-mixture, perfume, ointment
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4145
mu.sa.dah — appointment
foundation, appointment Also means: me.yus.sa.dah (מְיֻסָּדָה "foundation" H4328)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4841
mer.qa.chah — ointment pot/seasoning
1) a seasoning, compounding, spice-seasoning 2) ointment pot
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7546
raq.qach — perfumer
ointment-maker, perfumer
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7548
raq.qa.chah — perfumer
ointment-maker (female), perfumer (female)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7288
exaleiptron — an ointment jar
an unguent-box , (Aristophanes Comicus) from ἐξᾶλείφω (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Various fragrant preparations, also compounds for medical purposes, are so called (Ex. 30:25; Ps. 133:2; Isa. 1:6; Amos 6:6; John 12:3; Rev. 18:13).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
