nard
pronunciation
How to pronounce nard in British English:
UK [nɑːd]
How to pronounce nard in American English:
US [nɑd]
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- Noun:
- an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
Word Origin
- nard (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French narde (Modern French nard), from Latin nardus, from Greek nardos, of Eastern origin (compare Hebrew ner'd, plural n'radim; Arabic and Persian nardin, Sanskrit narada, nalada, name of an aromatic balsam).
Example
- 1. China is full of nard working people .
- 2. Then mary took a pound of ointment , of very valuable pure nard , and anointed the feet of jesus , and wiped his feet with her hair ; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment .
- 3. Your utterance and your appearance are nard for me to forget .
- 4. Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard , very precious , and anointed the feet of jesus , and wiped his feet with her hair : and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment .
- 5. And while he was in bethany in the house of simon the leper , as he reclined at table , a woman came , having an alabaster flask of ointment , of very costly pure nard , and she broke the alabaster flask and poured it over his head .