Word study · Greek
nardos
nard, spikenard
Say it: NAR-dos (approximate)
νάρδος
What it means
An expensive perfume made from a plant that grew in the Himalayas. Mary pours a pound of pure nard on Jesus' feet (12:3), worth about three hundred denarii. The only other New Testament use is the similar account in Mark 14:3.
Range of meaning
- NardA costly perfumed oil.
In John
- Chapter 12
"A pound of ointment of pure nard" (12:3).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G3487 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources