G3487: νάρδος
nárdos · “nard”
Definition
"nard"
KJV translates it as: (spike-)nard
Word origin: of foreign origin (compare H5373);
Extended definition
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)
(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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3487 is translated
- of nard ×2
Bible verses with G3487 (nárdos)
Nárdos appears in 2 verses.
- Mark 14:3
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.
- John 12:3
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.