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The Definition of the word Box

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."


The Old Testament

The New Testament