¶ While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 1:12 · retained source text
¶ While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth foorth the smell thereof.
KJV dictionary & concordance
spikenard
Meaning of “spikenard”
An aromatic plant or a fragrant ointment prepared from it.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
5 occurrences5 verses3 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Song of Solomon 1:12
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “spikenard”
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:13 · retained source text
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits, Camphire, with Spikenaed,
1611 marginal noteOr, Cypres.
spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:14 · retained source text
Spikenard and Saffron, Calamus and Cynamom, with all trees of Frankincense, Mirrhe and Aloes, with all the chiefe spices.
¶ 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.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Mark 14:3 · retained source text
¶ And being in Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sate at meat, there came a woman, hauing an Alabaster boxe of oyntment of spikenard very precious, and shee brake the boxe, and powred it on his head.
1611 marginal noteOr, pure nard: or liquid nard.
1611 marginal noteMat. 26.6
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.
The 1611 reading
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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Definition evidence
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Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗spik'nard. [Latin spica nardi.] 1. A plant of the genus Nardus. 2. The oil of balsam procured from the spikenard