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Greek

211. alabastron -- a box of alabaster
... Word Origin of foreign origin Definition a box of alabaster NASB Word
Usage alabaster vial (3), vial (1). alabaster box. Neuter ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Mark 14:3-9
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 broke the box, and poured it on his head.
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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 odor of the ointment.
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Luke 10:38-42
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
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John 12:1-8
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
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Library

The Alabaster Box
... THE ALABASTER BOX. ... So she caught up her alabaster box, and without questioning herself
about the act, let her heart have its way, and poured it out on Christ. ...
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Fragrant Graces
... when Christ tabled among men, when he did eat and drink with them, being found in
fashion as a man, the loving spirit broke the alabaster box of precious ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 61 1915/fragrant graces.htm

The Feast at Simon's House
... At great personal sacrifice she had purchased an alabaster box of "ointment
of spikenard, very costly," with which to anoint His body. ...
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The Box of Ointment.
... Soon may death overtake us, and the alabaster box be left behind, unused and unemployed;
the dying regret on our lips""Oh that I had done more while I lived ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xvii the box of ointment.htm

The Defence of Uncalculating Love
... of Simon the leper, 7. There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very
precious ointment, and poured it on His head, as He sat at meat.8. But when ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the defence of uncalculating love.htm

The Blessing of Mercy,
... Mary did not reserve her alabaster box of perfume till her Lord was dead, she filled
the whole house with sweetness where the living Jesus was. ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon xxxix the blessing of.htm

Jesus and the Bethany Sisters.
... Love must be the root. It was easy for Mary to bring her alabaster box, for her
heart was full of overmastering love. Service is the fruit of love. ...
/.../miller/personal friendships of jesus/chapter x jesus and the.htm

A Woman's Memorial
... Or think you that even a Macaulay could have found it in his pen to write down a
story of an eccentric woman, who broke an alabaster box of precious ointment ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/a womans memorial.htm

The Anointing of Jesus.
... The breaking of the alabaster box, the pouring out of Mary's soul in adoration of
her Lord"this was the signal that all was ripe for His departure, this the ...
/.../the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol ii/i the anointing of jesus.htm

Despised and Rejected by Friend and Foe
... 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 ...
/.../mark/jesus of nazareth a biography/chapter xiv despised and rejected.htm