Matthew 26:9
New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שֶׁמֶן
shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
מָכַר
mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
Key Terms in This Verse
שֶׁמֶן shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
Study H8081 →מָכַר mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
Study H4376 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after...
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was...
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
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