noun · neuter

alabastrem

Greekἀλάβαστρον (alabastron)

Strong’sG211

an alabaster phial or bottle

stem alabastr-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

alabaster jar2×

What it means

ἀλάβαστρον, -ου, τό (also -ος, ὁ, ἡ; colloq. and κοινή for ἀλάβαστος),

[in LXX: IV Ki 21:13 (צַלַּחַת)*;]

a box of alabaster (ἀλαβαστίτης) for ointment: Mt 26:7, Mk 14:3, Lk 7:37 (v. DCG, i, 41b; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G211 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidal-ab'-as-tron

properly, an "alabaster" box, i.e. (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material)

Fromneuter of ἀλάβαστρος (of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone;

King James(alabaster) box.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	alabastrem	alabastreim
of, belonging to genitive	alabastreu	alabastreiu
to, for dative	alabastre	alabastrei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

alabastrstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

alabastre is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

alabastras — ἀλάβαστρος, an alabaster phial or bottle

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

alabastrem2×

Matthew 26:7“alabaster jar”proserchata auto gunaikas echarōtas alabastrem mureu barutimeu kai katachata epi tau kefalau autou anakeierōtou.a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.

Luke 7:37“alabaster jar”kai idou gunaikas hotinas ate en ta polita hamartōlas, kai epignōskaratas hoti katakeietō en ta oikia tou Farisaiou, komizaratas alabastrem mureuWhen a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.