noun · feminine

alabastras

Greekἀλάβαστρος (alabastros)

Strong’sG211

an alabaster phial or bottle

stem alabastr-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

alabaster jar1×jar1×

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 nominative	alabastras	alabastrais
object accusative	alabastran2×ἀλάβαστρον	alabastrain
direct address vocative	alabastrar	alabastrair
of, belonging to genitive	alabastrau	alabastraiu
to, for dative	alabastra	alabastrai

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+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

alabastra 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

alabastrem — ἀλάβαστρον, an alabaster phial or bottle

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

alabastran“jar”objectaccusative singular2×

Mark 14:3“alabaster jar”Kai arōtou autou en Bēthania en ta oikia Simōnou tou leprou katakeierōtou autou erchata gunaikas echarōtas alabastran mureu nardau pistikau polutelau; suntribaratas tan alabastran katachata autou tau kefalau.While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.

Mark 14:3“jar”Kai arōtou autou en Bēthania en ta oikia Simōnou tou leprou katakeierōtou autou erchata gunaikas echarōtas alabastran mureu nardau pistikau polutelau; suntribaratas tan alabastran katachata autou tau kefalau.While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.