Quick Definition
spikenard, a perfume
Strong's Definition
"nard"
Derivation: of foreign origin (compare H05373);
KJV Usage: (spike-)nard
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νάρδος, νάρδου, ἡ (a Sanskrit word (cf. Fick as in Löw below); Hebrew πΕψΐγΐΜ, Son_1:12; Son_4:13 f);
a. nard, the head or spike of a fragrant East Indian plant belonging to the genus Valeriana, which yields a juice of delicious odor which the ancients used (either pure or mixed) in the preparation of a most precious ointment; hence,
b. nard oil or ointment; so Mar_14:3; Joh_12:3. Cf. Winer, RWB under the word Narde; Rüetschi in Herzog x., p. 203; Furrer in Schenkel, p. 286f; (Löw, Aramäische Pflanzennamen (Leip. 1881), § 316, p. 368f; Royle in Alex.'s Kitto under the word Nerd; Birdwood in the 'Bible Educator' ii. 152).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νάρδος nardos 2x
spikenard, a species of aromatic plant with grassy leaves and a fibrous root, of which the best and strongest grows in India; in NT oil of spikenard, an oil extracted from the plant, which was highly prized and used as an ointment either pure or mixed with other substances, Mar_14:3 ; Joh_12:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νάρδος , -ου , ἡ
( Heb . H5373 , both from Sanscrit narda, v. Boisacq , s.v. ),
[in LXX : Son_1:12 ; Son_4:13-14 ( H5373 ) * ;]
nard;
(a) an Indian plant, the Nardostachys nardus jatamansi, used for the preparation of a fragrant ointment;
(b) ointment of nard: Mar_14:3 , Joh_12:3 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νάρδος [page 422]
spikenard, is found in such passages as PSI VI. 628 .7 (iii/B.C.) νάρδου ξηρᾶς μν (αῖ ) β̄ , P Oxy VIII. 1088 .49 (early i/A.D.) νάρδου (ὀβολός ), P Leid W i. 17 (ii/iii A.D.) νάρδος῎ Ινδικος , and id. ix. 10 where νάρδος is included in a list of ἐπιθύματα : cf. Mar_14:3 , Joh_12:3 . See also the adj. in Menander Fragm , p. 78, No. 274 νάρδινον (μύρον ). The word is Semitic, cf. Lewy Fremdwφrter , p. 40, and is found in Theophr. HP ix. 7. 2 ff.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
νάρδος νάρδος, ἡ, a plant, "nard, spikenard, nard-oil", Anth. [Etym: Prob. a foreign word.]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
νάρδος, -ου, ἡ
(Heb. נֵרְדְּ, both from Sanscrit narda, see Boisacq, see word), [in LXX: Sng.1:12 4:13-14 (נֵרְדְּ)* ;]
nard;
__(a) an Indian plant, the Nardostachys nardus jatamansi, used for the preparation of a fragrant ointment;
__(b) ointment of nard: Mrk.14:3, Jhn.12:3.†
(AS)