Vial
פַּךְStrong’s H6378pakh
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “flask of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?”
Meaning
- Vial, flask
How it's translated
- flask of 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 2
- 1 Samuel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 9:1And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
- 2 Kings 9:3Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
Hebrew dictionary
פַּךְ pakh · vial
vial, flask
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “vial” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VI'AL, noun
[Latin phiala.]
A phial; a small bottle of thin glass, used particularly by apothecaries and druggists.
- “Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head” 1 Samuel 10:1
All definitions and other forms of “vial”
VI'AL, verb transitive
To put in a vial
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.