UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: μύρον; -ου

Related lemmas: μυρίζω

Sense 1: perfume, perfumed oil

Semantic entry: 6.205

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Perfumes and Incense

Definition: a strongly aromatic and expensive ointment

Notes: μύρον as a ‘perfume’ may be rendered as ‘sweet-smelling oil’ or ‘fragrant oil.’ In OET LUK 23:56 one may use a descriptive phrase such as ‘perfumed oil for preserving the body’ or ‘… to keep the body from rotting.’

Further resources: realia:10.6.1.1

Show passage in OET: MAT 26:7

OET-RV MAT 26:7

7 A woman inside the house came up to him carrying a carved alabaster flask of very expensive lotion, which she poured over his head as he was seated,

OET-LV MAT 26:7

7 a_woman having an_alabaster _flask of_ heavily _valued _ointment approached to _him, and she _poured _down it on the head of _him reclining.

Show passage in OET: MAT 26:12

OET-RV MAT 26:12

12 This woman put this lotion on my body in a sense as a burial spice.

OET-LV MAT 26:12

12 For/Because this woman, having _put the on_ this _ointment on the body of _me, because/for did it that to _bury me.

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All 13 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 26:7 · OET MAT 26:12

MRK: OET MRK 14:3–5

LUK: OET LUK 7:37–38 · OET LUK 7:46 · OET LUK 23:56

JHN: OET JHN 11:2 · OET JHN 12:3 · OET JHN 12:5

REV: OET REV 18:13

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μύρον

Form 1

Sense 1: perfume, perfumed oil