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Box for holding oil or perfumery (Mark 14:3). It was of the form of a flask or bottle. The Hebrew word (pak) used for it is more appropriately rendered "vial" in 1Sam 10:1, and should also be so rendered in 2K...

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Box for holding oil or perfumery (Mark 14:3). It was of the form of a flask or bottle. The Hebrew word (pak) used for it is more appropriately rendered "vial" in 1Sam 10:1, and should also be so rendered in 2Kings 9:1, where alone else it occurs.

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