Nard
נֵרְדְּStrong’s H5373nered (ne-red)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nered is the Hebrew word usually translated “nard my”, “nard plants” and “nard”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.”
Meaning
- Spikenard, nardan odoriferous aromatic plant from India
How it's translated
- nard my 1
- nard plants 1
- nard 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Song of Solomon 3
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
נֵרְדְּ nered · nard
1) spikenard, nard 1a) an odoriferous aromatic plant from India
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.