The passages in which this word occurs are2Ki 9:1,3(Hebrew pakh, "cruet," "flask," the Revised Version (British and American) vial) and the synoptic passagesMt 26:7the King James Version;Mr 14:3the King James Version;Lu 7:37the King James Version (Greek alabastron). "Perfume-boxes" are mentioned inIsa 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" (Mr 14:3), i.e. the seal, not the vessel.
InIsa 41:19andIsa 60:13, "box" is found in connection with "tree," as "box-tree" (which see).