Nard
νάρδοςStrong’s G3487nardos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Nardos is the Greek word usually translated “nard”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “nard”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of nard 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 1
- John 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Greek dictionary
νάρδος 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “nard” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NARD, noun
- A plant usually called spikenard, spica nardi; highly valued by the ancients, both as an article of luxury and of medicine.
- An unguent prepared from the plant.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.