Mark 14:3
New Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Βηθανία
Bēthanía
date-house; Beth-any, a place in Palestine
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Σίμων
Símōn
Simon (i.e. Shimon), the name of nine Israelites
צָרַע
tsâraʻ
to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בַּעַל
baʻal
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
שֶׁמֶן
shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
יָקָר
yâqâr
valuable (objectively or subjectively)
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
יָצַק
yâtsaq
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
צָרַע tsâraʻ
to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy
Study H6879 →שֶׁמֶן shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
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