noun · neuter
murem
Strong’sG3464
anointing-oil, ointment
stem mur-14 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
μύρον refers to perfumed oil or ointment, of the kind used for anointing 1234. Strong's identifies it specifically as myrrh-based, that is, oil scented with perfume, and suggests the word may be of foreign origin 2. LSJ confirms the same basic sense of sweet oil, unguent, or perfume, noting that it could also be mixed with wine and that various kinds existed 3. In the Greek Old Testament the word is regularly used to translate the Hebrew term for oil 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G3464 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmoo'-ron
"myrrh", i.e. (by implication) perfumed oil
Fromprobably of foreign origin (compare , G4666);
King Jamesointment.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
sweet oil, unguent, perfume, Refs 7th c.BC+; mixed with wine, Refs 2nd c.AD+; various kinds in Refs 1st c.AD+; μ. Μενδήσιον, ἠθητόν, Refs 3rd c.BC+ sweet oil on lentils, i.e. 'a jewel of gold in a swine's snout', Refs 5th c.BC+
2 place where unguents were sold, perfume-market, τὰ μειράκια.. τἀν τῷ μ. Refs 5th c.BC+
3 metaphorically, anything graceful or charming, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | murem2×μύρον | mureim |
| of, belonging to genitive | mureu6×μύρου | mureiu |
| to, for dative | mure3×μύρῳ | murei |
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
mure 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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
14 occurrences, every one of them listed
murem“perfume”subject or objectdirect singular2×
Mark 14:5“ointment”dunote gar houtem tem murem pipraskira epanō dēnarieiu triakosioi kai dōira …It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the …
John 12:5Dia tinem houtem tem murem ouk pipraskita triakosioi dēnarieiu kai dōita …“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and …
mureu“perfume”of, belonging togenitive singular6×
Matthew 26:7proserchata auto gunaikas echarōntas alabastrem mureu barutimeu kai katachata epi tau kefalau …… with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head …
Mark 14:3… katakeiorōntou autou erchata gunaikas echarōntas alabastran mureu nardau pistikau polutelau; suntribarantas tan alabastran …… with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke …
Mark 14:4… Eis tinem tas apōleias houtas teu mureu genatē?… one another: “Why this waste of perfume?
Luke 7:37… ta oikia tou Farisaiou, komizarantas alabastrem mureu… she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
John 12:3tas oun Mariam labarantas litran mureu nardau pistikau polutimau aleifata toin podoin …… took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she …
John 12:3… oikias plērita ek tau osmau teu mureu.… filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
mure“perfume”to, fordative singular3×
Luke 7:38… toin podoin autou kai aleifate te mure.… feet and anointed them with the perfume.
Luke 7:46… kefalan mu ouk aleifasa; houtas de mure aleifata toin podoin mu.… she has anointed My feet with perfume.
John 11:2… de Mariam tas aleifarantas ton kurion mure kai ekmassarantas toin podoin autou tai …… was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her …
murem2×
Matthew 26:12“ointment”balarantas gar houtas tem murem houtem epi teu sōmeu mu pros …By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
Revelation 18:13… kinnamōmem kai amōmem kai thumiameim kai murem kai libanon kai oinon kai elaiem …of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil …
mureim1×
Luke 23:56hupostrefarantais de hetoimazala arōmeim kai mureim. Kai tem men sabbatem hēsuchazala kata …… they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath …