King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3487
Transliteration: nardos
Phonetic Spelling: (nar'dos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: nard, ointment of nard
Meaning: nard, ointment of nard
νάρδος, νάρδου, ἡ (a Sanskrit word (cf. Fick as in Löw below); Hebrew נֵרְדְּ, Song of Solomon 1:12; Song of Solomon 4:13f);
Word Summary
nardos: nard, ointment of nard
Original Word: νάρδοςTransliteration: nardos
Phonetic Spelling: (nar'dos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: nard, ointment of nard
Meaning: nard, ointment of nard
Strong's Concordance
spikenard. Of foreign origin (compare nerd); "nard" -- (spike-)nard.
see HEBREW nerd
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3487: νάρδοςνάρδος, νάρδου, ἡ (a Sanskrit word (cf. Fick as in Löw below); Hebrew נֵרְדְּ, Song of Solomon 1:12; Song of Solomon 4:13f);
a. nard, the head or spike of a fragrant East Indian plant belonging to the genus Valeriana, which yields a juice of delicious odor which the ancients used (either pure or mixed) in the preparation of a most precious ointment; hence,
b. nard oil or ointment; so Mark 14:3; John 12:3. Cf. Winer, RWB under the word Narde; Rüetschi in Herzog x., p. 203; Furrer in Schenkel, p. 286f; (Löw, Aramäische Pflanzennamen (Leip. 1881), § 316, p. 368f; Royle in Alex.'s Kitto under the word Nerd; Birdwood in the 'Bible Educator' ii. 152).