Box
Box
(, pak’, rendered “vial” in 1Sa 10:1), a flask or bottle for holding oil and perfumery (2Ki 9:1); like the , or alabaster “box” of ointment in Mar 14:3. SEE ALABASTER; SEE OIL; SEE BOTTLE. Among the Egyptians, similar small boxes, made of wood or ivory, were numerous, and, like the vases, of many forms; and some, which contained cosmetics of divers kinds, served to deck the dressing- table or a lady’s boudoir. They were carved in various ways, and loaded with ornamental devices in relief; sometimes representing the favorite lotusflower, with its buds and stalks, a goose, gazelle, fox, or other animal. Many were of considerable length, terminating in a hollow shell, not unlike a spoon in shape and depth, covered with a lid turning on a pin; and to this, which may properly be styled the box, the remaining part was merely an accessory, intended for ornament, or serving as a handle (Wilkinson, Anc. Egyptians, abridgm. i, 158-164).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(, pak’, rendered “vial” in 1Sa 10:1), a flask or bottle for holding oil and perfumery (2Ki 9:1); like the , or alabaster “box” of ointment in Mar 14:3. SEE ALABASTER; SEE OIL; SEE BOTTLE. Among the Egyptians, similar small boxes, made of wood or ivory, were numerous, and, like the vases, of many forms; and some, which contained cosmetics of divers kinds, served to deck the dressing- table or a lady’s boudoir. They were carved in various ways, and loaded with ornamental devices in relief; sometimes representing the favorite lotusflower, with its buds and stalks, a goose, gazelle, fox, or other animal. Many were of considerable length, terminating in a hollow shell, not unlike a spoon in shape and depth, covered with a lid turning on a pin; and to this, which may properly be styled the box, the remaining part was merely an accessory, intended for ornament, or serving as a handle (Wilkinson, Anc. Egyptians, abridgm. i, 158-164).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Box
for holding oil or perfumery (Mark 14:3). It was of the form of a flask or bottle. The Hebrew word (pak) used for it is more appropriately rendered “vial” in 1 Sam. 10:1, and should also be so rendered in 2 Kings 9:1, where alone else it occurs.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Box
Isa 41:19; Isa 60:13; rather the scherbin, a cedar remarkable for its small cones and upright branches; teasshur from ashar, “to be upright”. Some read this in Eze 27:6, instead of “the Ashurites.” Maurer translated: “they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in the daughter of cedars,” or the best boxwood. The box when not trimmed grows often 25 feet high. The wood, hard and firm, so as to be the only European wood that sinks in water, is used now especially for inlaying and wood engraving, and takes a fine polish.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Box
BOX.1. The nature of the prophets box of oil (2Ki 9:1; 2Ki 9:3 RV [Note: Revised Version.] vial, as 1Sa 10:1 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ) is unknown. Was it another name for the born of oil of 1Ki 1:39? 2. For the alabaster box (Mat 26:7 ||, RV [Note: Revised Version.] cruse) see Jewels and Precious Stones, ad fin. 3. For Judas money-box (Joh 12:6; Joh 13:29 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] bag, RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] box) see Bag. 4. Nothing is known of the perfume boxes (lit. houses, i.e. receptacles of perfume [or perhaps ointment]) of the Jerusalem ladies (Isa 3:20 RV [Note: Revised Version.] and AV [Note: Authorized Version.] tablets).
A. R. S. Kennedy.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
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The passages in which this word occurs are 2Ki 9:1, 2Ki 9:3 (Hebrew pakh, cruet, flask, the Revised Version (British and American) vial) and the synoptic passages Mat 26:7 the King James Version; Mar 14:3 the King James Version; Luk 7:37 the King James Version (Greek alabastron). Perfume-boxes are mentioned in Isa 3:20; in the New Testament passages the Revised Version (British and American) renders alabaster cruse. Alabaster was a white stone much used in ornamentation; and out of it small vessels we re made for holding precious ointment. She brake the cruse (Mar 14:3), i.e. the seal, not the vessel.
In Isa 41:19 and Isa 60:13, box is found in connection with tree, as box-tree (which see).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Box
Earthenware, or glass, flask or bottle for oil or perfumes. 2Ki 9:1; 2Ki 9:3. See ALABASTER.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Box
For oil
2Ki 9:1-3
Made of alabaster
Mat 26:7; Mar 14:3; Luk 7:37
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Box
“an alabaster vessel,” is translated in the AV of Mat 26:7; Mar 14:3; Luk 7:37, “box,” RV, “cruse.” The breaking refers to the seal, not to the box or cruse. See CRUSE.
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
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Mat 26:7 (See full description under “ALABASTER”).