Muron μύρον

Muron (Greek μύρον, Strong's G3464) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “ointment”. It occurs 15 times in 14 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Muron, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 26:7
  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.a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
• Matthew 26:9
  For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
• Matthew 26:12
  For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

Mark

• Mark 14:3
  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.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 14:4
  And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?
• Mark 14:5
  For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.

Luke

• Luke 7:37
  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,When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
• Luke 7:38
  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.As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
• Luke 7:46
  My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
• Luke 23:56
  And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

John

• John 11:2
  (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
• John 12:3
  Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
• John 12:5
  Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

Revelation

• Revelation 18:13
  And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).