UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: νάρδος; -ου

Sense 1: oil of nard, perfume of nard

Semantic entry: 6.210

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Perfumes and Incense

Definition: an aromatic oil extracted from a plant called nard

Notes: Translators normally borrow the term ‘nard’ but employ some type of classifier, for example, ‘a perfume called nard’ or ‘a sweet-smelling substance, nard.’

Further resources: realia:10.6.1.2

Show passage in OET: MRK 14:3

OET-RV MRK 14:3

3 Meanwhile, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) was in Beyt-Ania (Bethany) at the home of Shim’on (Simon) who had previously had leprosy. Yeshua was sitting there when a woman came in with a hand-crafted container of very expensive fragrant lotion. Breaking open the sealed flask, she poured the fragrant oil over Yeshua’s head.

OET-LV MRK 14:3

3 And him being in Baʸthania, in the house of _Simōn the leprous, reclining of _him, a_woman came having an_alabaster _flask of _ointment, of_ genuine expensive _nard, having _broken the alabaster _flask, she _poured _down it on _the head of _him.

Show passage in OET: JHN 12:3

OET-RV JHN 12:3

3 Then Miryam (Grk. Maria /Mariam) took about 300g of very expensive nard oil and smeared it on Yeshua’s feet, and then wiped off his feet with her own hair, and the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

OET-LV JHN 12:3

3 Therefore the Maria/(Miryām) having _taken a_litra_weight of _ointment of_ precious genuine _nard, anointed the feet of_ the _Yaʸsous, and wiped _off the feet of _him with _the hairs of _her, and the house was _filled with the aroma of _the ointment.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

νάρδος

Form 1

Sense 1: oil of nard, perfume of nard