The word in Scripture

Ointment in the Bible

The word ointment appears 27 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Ointment is fragrant oil poured out in devotion and healing. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What ointment means in the Bible

Ointment is fragrant oil poured out in devotion and healing.

Where the word ointment appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word ointment appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;”Psalms 133:2

“Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.”Proverbs 27:9

“From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.”Isaiah 1:6

“For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.”Matthew 26:12

“And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?”Mark 14:4

“My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.”Luke 7:46

“(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)”John 11:2

“Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?”John 12:5