μύρον
muron
ointment
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word μύρον (murōn), Strong's number G3464, is primarily defined as an ointment. Its presence in 15 occurrences throughout the Bible indicates its importance in ancient Greek culture and possibly in early Christian communities. Given its definition as an ointment, μύρον likely referred to a fragrant substance used for personal hygiene, beauty, or medicinal purposes. The word may have been applied in various contexts, such as perfumes, cosmetics, or healing remedies, but without further information, its precise applications remain unclear. The significance of μύρον cannot be definitively established based on this data alone, but its frequent occurrence in the Bible suggests it may be more than a generic term. Its repeated use might imply that the concept of an ointment held cultural or symbolic value, but this would require further exploration of its contexts and possible allusions.
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Occurrences in Scripture
15 total occurrences across the text
For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
Matthew 26:7a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
Matthew 26:9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.”
Mark 14:3While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
Mark 14:4But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted?
Mark 14:5For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor.” So they grumbled against her.
Luke 7:37Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
Luke 7:38Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Luke 7:46You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
Luke 23:56They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
John 12:3Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’s feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
John 11:2It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
John 12:3Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’s feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
John 12:5“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?”
Revelation 18:13and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people’s bodies and souls.