Alabaster in the Bible

(A white stone) Vessels made of

• 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.
• 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.
• 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,

⇒Bible Encyclopedia for ALABASTER.

⇒Definition of alabaster

⇒See also McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia for Alabaster.