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Its smooth texture and ability to be polished made it a favored material for artisans in the ancient Near East.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br>Alabaster is mentioned in the Bible in the context of anointing and the use of precious ointments. One of the most notable references is found in the New Testament, where it is associated with an act of devotion towards Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/matthew/26-7.htm">Matthew 26:7</a> :</b> "a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He was reclining at the table."<br><br><b><a href="/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a> :</b> "While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on His head."<br><br><b><a href="/luke/7-37.htm">Luke 7:37-38</a> :</b> "When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume."<br><br><b><a href="/john/12-3.htm">John 12:3</a> :</b> "Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume."<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context:</b><br>In the ancient world, alabaster was highly valued for its beauty and utility. It was commonly used to make small jars and vases, particularly for storing perfumes and ointments. The alabaster jars mentioned in the Gospels were likely sealed to preserve the fragrance and quality of the costly contents. Breaking the jar, as described in the accounts, signifies the complete and generous offering of the perfume, symbolizing total devotion and sacrifice.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Significance:</b><br>The use of alabaster in the biblical narrative underscores themes of worship, sacrifice, and the recognition of Jesus' divine authority. The act of anointing Jesus with expensive perfume from an alabaster jar is a profound expression of love and reverence, highlighting the woman's faith and understanding of Jesus' impending death and burial. This act is often interpreted as a foreshadowing of Jesus' anointing for burial, emphasizing the sacrificial nature of His mission.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b><br>The alabaster jar and its contents serve as a metaphor for the believer's offering to Christ. Just as the woman poured out her most valuable possession, Christians are called to offer their lives and resources in service to the Lord. The narrative challenges believers to consider the depth of their devotion and the willingness to give sacrificially in response to the grace and love of Jesus Christ.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Alabaster</span><p>from the Arabic <i>al bastraton</i> , a whitish stone or from <i>Alabastron</i> , the place in Egypt where it is found. It occurs only in (<a href="/matthew/26-7.htm">Matthew 26:7</a>; <a href="/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a>; <a href="/luke/7-37.htm">Luke 7:37</a>) The ancients considered alabaster to be the best material in which to preserve their ointments. The Oriental alabaster (referred to in the Bible) is a translucent carbonate of lime, formed on the floors of limestone caves by the percolation of water. It is of the same material as our marbles, but differently formed. It is usually clouded or banded like agate, hence sometimes called onyx marble. Our common alabaster is different from this, being a variety of gypsum or sulphate of lime, used In its finer forms for vases, etc.; in the coarser it is ground up for plaster of Paris. The noted sculptured slabs from Nineveh are made of this material.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Alabaster</span><p>A sort of stone, of fine texture, either the white gypsum, a sulphate of lime, or the onyx-alabaster, a hard carbonate of lime, having the color of the human nail, and nearly allied to marble. This material being very generally used to fabricate vessels for holding unguents and perfumed liquids, many vessels were called alabaster though made of a different substance, as gold, silver, glass, etc. In <a href="/context/matthew/26-6.htm">Matthew 26:6</a>,7, we read that Mary, sister of Lazarus, <a href="/context/john/12-3.htm">John 12:3</a>, poured as alabaster box of precious ointment on Christ's head. Mark says "she brake the box," signifying probably, that the seal upon the box, or upon the neck of the vase of bottle, which kept the perfume from evaporating, had never been removed; it was on this occasion first opened. See <a href="../s/spikenard.htm">SPIKENARD</a>. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Occurs only in the New Testament in connection with the box of "ointment of spikenard very precious," with the contents of which a woman anointed the head of Jesus as he sat at supper in the house of Simon the leper (<a href="/matthew/26-7.htm">Matthew 26:7</a>; <a href="/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a>; <a href="/luke/7-37.htm">Luke 7:37</a>). These boxes were made from a stone found near Alabastron in Egypt, and from this circumstance the Greeks gave them the name of the city where they were made. The name was then given to the stone of which they were made; and finally to all perfume vessels, of whatever material they were formed. The woman "broke" the vessel; i.e., she broke off, as was usually done, the long and narrow neck so as to reach the contents. This stone resembles marble, but is softer in its texture, and hence very easily wrought into boxes. Mark says (<a href="/luke/14-5.htm">14:5</a>) that this box of ointment was worth more than 300 pence, i.e., denarii, each of the value of sevenpence halfpenny of our money, and therefore worth about 10 pounds. But if we take the denarius as the day's wage of a labourer (<a href="/matthew/20-2.htm">Matthew 20:2</a>), say two shillings of our money, then the whole would be worth about 30 pounds, so costly was Mary's offering. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A variety of fine gypsum, usually white and translucent, often carved into vases or ornaments.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ALABASTER</span><p>al'-a-bas-ter (alabastron (<a href="/matthew/26-7.htm">Matthew 26:7</a> <a href="/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a> <a href="/luke/7-37.htm">Luke 7:37</a>)): In modern mineralogy alabaster is crystalline gypsum or sulphate of lime. The Greek word alabastron or alabastos meant a stone casket or vase, and alabastites was used for the stone of which the casket was made. This stone was usually crystalline stalagmitic rock or carbonate of lime, now often called oriental alabaster, to distinguish it from gypsum. The word occurs in the Bible only in the three passages of the Synoptic Gospels cited above. See <a href="../b/box.htm">BOX</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/211.htm"><span class="l">211. alabastron -- a box of <b>alabaster</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a box of <b>alabaster</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: alabastron Phonetic<br> Spelling: (al-ab'-as-tron) Short Definition: an <b>alabaster</b> phial or bottle <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/211.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7893.htm"><span class="l">7893. shayish -- <b>alabaster</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 7892b, 7893. shayish. 7894 . <b>alabaster</b>. Transliteration: shayish Phonetic<br> Spelling: (shah'-yish) Short Definition: <b>alabaster</b>. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7893.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8337b.htm"><span class="l">8337b. shesh -- <b>alabaster</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>alabaster</b>. Transliteration: shesh Short Definition: marble. Word Origin from the<br> same as shayish Definition <b>alabaster</b> NASB Word Usage <b>alabaster</b> (1), marble (2). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8337b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1858.htm"><span class="l">1858. dar -- perhaps pearl or mother-of-pearl</span></a><br><b>...</b> Apparently from the same as drowr; properly, a pearl (from its sheen as rapidly<br> turned); by analogy, pearl-stone, ie Mother-of-pearl or <b>alabaster</b> -- X white. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1858.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/923.htm"><span class="l">923. bahat -- perhaps porphyry</span></a><br><b>...</b> red marble. From an unused root (probably meaning to glisten); white marble or perhaps<br> <b>alabaster</b> -- red (marble). 922, 923. bahat. 924 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/923.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/the_alabaster_box.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Alabaster</b> Box</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE <b>ALABASTER</b> BOX. <b>...</b> So she caught up her <b>alabaster</b> box, and without questioning herself<br> about the act, let her heart have its way, and poured it out on Christ. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/the alabaster box.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xlvi_jesus_feet_anointed_in.htm"><span class="l">Jesus' Feet Anointed in the House of a Pharisee.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 37 And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he<br> was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an <b>alabaster</b> cruse of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xlvi jesus feet anointed in.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_61_1915/fragrant_graces.htm"><span class="l">Fragrant Graces</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Literally, when Christ tabled among men, when he did eat and drink with them, being<br> found in fashion as a man, the loving spirit broke the <b>alabaster</b> box of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 61 1915/fragrant graces.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/personal_friendships_of_jesus/chapter_x_jesus_and_the.htm"><span class="l">Jesus and the Bethany Sisters.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Love must be the root. It was easy for Mary to bring her <b>alabaster</b> box, for her<br> heart was full of overmastering love. Service is the fruit of love. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../miller/personal friendships of jesus/chapter x jesus and the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/the_transfiguration.htm"><span class="l">The Transfiguration</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ordinarily transparent. The brighter the light, fed by fragrant oil within<br> an <b>alabaster</b> lamp, the more the <b>alabaster</b> will glow. Faint <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/the transfiguration.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/civ_jesus_arrives_and_is.htm"><span class="l">Civ. Jesus Arrives and is Feasted at Bethany.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to this group of his friends.] ^b 3 And while he was [there] as he sat at meat,<br> there came ^a unto him a woman { ^d 3 Mary} ^a having an <b>alabaster</b> cruse of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/civ jesus arrives and is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_defence_of_uncalculating_love.htm"><span class="l">The Defence of Uncalculating Love</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 'Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7. There came unto<br> him a woman having an <b>alabaster</b> box of very precious ointment, and poured <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the defence of uncalculating love.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chadwick/the_gospel_of_st_mark/chapter_14_1-9_the_cruse_of.htm"><span class="l">The Cruse of Ointment</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And while He was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at meat,<br> there came a woman having an <b>alabaster</b> cruse of ointment of spikenard very <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 14 1-9 the cruse of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_62_the_feast_at.htm"><span class="l">The Feast at Simon's House</span></a> <br><b>...</b> At great personal sacrifice she had purchased an <b>alabaster</b> box of "ointment<br> of spikenard, very costly," with which to anoint His body. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 62 the feast at.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macduff/memories_of_bethany/xvii_the_box_of_ointment.htm"><span class="l">The Box of Ointment.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Some fragrant ointment of spikenard"contained, as we gather from the other Evangelists,<br> in a box of <b>Alabaster</b>"had been procured by her at great cost;[22 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xvii the box of ointment.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/alabaster.htm"><span class="l"><b>Alabaster</b> (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental<br><b>alabaster</b>. <b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>ALABASTER</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/alabaster.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/alabaster-box.htm"><span class="l"><b>Alabaster</b>-box (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>Alabaster</b>-box. <b>Alabaster</b>, <b>Alabaster</b>-box. Alameth . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Alabaster</b>-box (2 Occurrences). Matthew <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/alabaster-box.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/ointment.htm"><span class="l">Ointment (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> people (Exodus 30:33). The scented oils or ointments were kept in jars or vials<br> (not boxes) made of <b>alabaster</b>. These jars are frequently <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/ointment.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reclining.htm"><span class="l">Reclining (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 26:7 there came to him a woman having an <b>alabaster</b> box of ointment, very<br> precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat). (YLT NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reclining.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/box.htm"><span class="l">Box (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> "Perfume-boxes" are mentioned in Isaiah 3:20; in the New Testament passages the<br> Revised Version (British and American) renders "<b>alabaster</b> cruse." "<b>Alabaster</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/box.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jar.htm"><span class="l">Jar (45 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Jar (45 Occurrences). Matthew 26:7 a woman came to him having an <b>alabaster</b> jar of<br> very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jar.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cruse.htm"><span class="l">Cruse (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In the New Testament a small jar or vial, alabastron, "<b>alabaster</b> cruse" or flask,<br> for holding ointment; not "box" as in the King James Version (Matthew 26:7 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cruse.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sat.htm"><span class="l">Sat (222 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 26:7 a woman came to him having an <b>alabaster</b> jar of very expensive ointment,<br> and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sat.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vial.htm"><span class="l">Vial (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 26:7 a woman came to him having an <b>alabaster</b> jar of very expensive ointment,<br> and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. (See NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vial.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/expensive.htm"><span class="l">Expensive (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 26:7 a woman came to him having an <b>alabaster</b> jar of very expensive ointment,<br> and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. (WEB RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/expensive.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/alabaster-box.html">What is an alabaster box? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-brokenness.html">What does the Bible say about brokenness? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/questions_miscellaneous-Bible.html">Miscellaneous Bible Questions (All) | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/alabaster.htm">Alabaster: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Alabaster (6 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/26-7.htm">Matthew 26:7</a></span><br />a woman came to him having an <span class="boldtext">alabaster</span> jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a></span><br />While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an <span class="boldtext">alabaster</span> jar of ointment of pure nard-very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/7-37.htm">Luke 7:37</a></span><br />Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an <span class="boldtext">alabaster</span> jar of ointment.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-2.htm">1 Chronicles 29:2</a></span><br />Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things of to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of various colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/1-6.htm">Esther 1:6</a></span><br />White, green, and blue hangings were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver lay upon a pavement of red and white marble, and <span class="boldtext">alabaster</span>, and black marble.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/5-15.htm">Song of Songs 5:15</a></span><br />His legs are as pillars of stone on a base of delicate gold; his looks are as Lebanon, beautiful as the cedar-tree.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/a/alabaster.htm">Alabaster</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/alabaster--vessels_made_of.htm">Alabaster: Vessels Made of</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/alabaster-box.htm">Alabaster-box (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/ointment.htm">Ointment (29 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a 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