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ointment

Meaning of “ointment”

A perfumed or medicinal substance used for anointing or smearing.

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27 occurrences25 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 30:25

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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.)
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 11:2 · retained source text

(It was that Mary which anoynted the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her haire, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.)

1611 marginal noteMatt. 26.7.

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.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · John 12:3 · retained source text

Then tooke Mary a pound of ointment, of Spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Iesus, & wiped his feet with her haire: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

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