"pr. aromatic juice which distills from trees; ointment, unguent, usually perfumed, Mt. 26:7, 12; Mk. 14:3, 4"
Definition and meaning
pr. aromatic juice which distills from trees; ointment, unguent, usually perfumed, Mt. 26:7, 12; Mk. 14:3, 4
In the original Greek the word is written: μύρον
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of myron (G3464) across the King James Bible.
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
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 very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
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Common questions
Strong's G3464 (myron) is a Greek word that means: pr. aromatic juice which distills from trees; ointment, unguent, usually perfumed, Mt. 26:7, 12; Mk. 14:3, 4 It appears 13 times in the King James Bible.
The word myron (G3464) appears 13 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3464 is myron, a Greek word defined as: pr. aromatic juice which distills from trees; ointment, unguent, usually perfumed, Mt. 26:7, 12; Mk. 14:3, 4. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
myron is a Greek word found in the New Testament.