Nárdos — G3487

Definition

feminine noun

"nard"

1. 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
2. nard oil or ointment

Usually translated as

spikenard, nard

Origin

of foreign origin (compare H5373)

Hebrew equivalents

• Nêrd (H5373)

Occurrences

Nárdos occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), John (1)

• 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 (νάρδου) 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 (νάρδου), 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.