G3487 – nardos – νάρδος [spike-]nard

Strong’s ID:
G3487
Greek Word:
νάρδος
Transliteration:
nardos
Pronunciation:
nar’dos
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage Count:
2
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Find “nardos” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of foreign origin [compare ]; “nard”:—[spike-]nard.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) nard, the head or spike of a fragrant East Indian plant belonging to the genus Valerianna, which yields a juice of delicious odour which the ancients used (either pure or mixed) in the preparation of a most precious ointment
2) nard oil or ointment

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.