STRONGS G211:
ἀλάβαστρον,
-ου,
τό, (in the plural in Theocritus, 15, 114; Anth, Pal. 9, 153; in other secular writings
ὁ and
ἡ ἀλάβαστρος; [the older and more correct spelling drops the
ρ, cf.
Stephanus' Thesaurus, under the word, 1385 d.; Liddell and Scott, under the word
ἀλάβαστρος]),
a box made of alabaster, in which unguents are preserved (Pliny, h. n, 13, 2 (3) [others, 13, 19] "
unguenta optime servantur in alabastris"); with the addition of
μύρου (as in Lucian, dial. mer. 14, 2; [Herodotus 3, 20]):
Luke 7:37;
Matthew 26:7;
Mark 14:3 (where L T adopt
τὸν ἀλάβ., Tr WH [Meyer]
τὴν ἀλ.; Matthew and Luke do not add the article, so that it is not clear in what gender they use the word, [cf.
Tdf's critical note at the passage]). Cf.
Winers RWB [or
B. D.] under the word Alabaster.
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