- Transliteration: Alabastron

- Phonetic: al-ab'-as-tron

- Definition:

1. a box made of alabaster in which unguents are preserved The ancients considered alabaster to be the best material inwhich to preserve their ointments. Breaking the box, probablymeans breaking the seal of the box.

- Origin: from alabastros (of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: Neuter of ἀλάβαστρος alabastros (of uncertain derivation) the name of a stone; properly an alabaster box that is (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material): - (alabaster) box.