Lexicon nardos: Nard Original Word: νάρδος Strong's Exhaustive Concordance spikenard. Of foreign origin (compare nerd); "nard" -- (spike-)nard. see HEBREW nerd HELPS Word-studies 3487 nárdos – nard (spikenard); an Indian plant, "the nardostachys nardus jatamansi, used for the preparation of a fragrant ointment; ointment of nard: Mk 14:3; Jn 12:3" (Abbott-Smith). When refined, nard is a "perfume, made originally from the 'Nardostachys Jatamansi' growing on the Himalayas" (Souter). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof foreign origin, cf. nerd Definition nard, ointment of nard NASB Translation nard (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3487: νάρδοςνάρδος, νάρδου, ἡ (a Sanskrit word (cf. Fick as in Löw below); Hebrew נֵרְדְּ, Song of Solomon 1:12; Song of Solomon 4:13f); a. nard, the head or spike of a fragrant East Indian plant belonging to the genus Valeriana, which yields a juice of delicious odor which the ancients used (either pure or mixed) in the preparation of a most precious ointment; hence, b. nard oil or ointment; so Mark 14:3; John 12:3. Cf. Winer, RWB under the word Narde; Rüetschi in Herzog x., p. 203; Furrer in Schenkel, p. 286f; (Löw, Aramäische Pflanzennamen (Leip. 1881), § 316, p. 368f; Royle in Alex.'s Kitto under the word Nerd; Birdwood in the 'Bible Educator' ii. 152). Englishman's Concordance Mark 14:3 N-GFSGRK: ἀλάβαστρον μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆς πολυτελοῦς NAS: of pure nard; [and] she broke KJV: of ointment of spikenard very precious; INT: alabastar flask of ointment of nard pure of great price John 12:3 N-GFS |
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