BOX

Box. 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 1 Sam. 10:1, and should also be so rendered in 2 Kings 9:1, where alone else it occurs.

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BOX. → For oil 2Ki 9:1-3 → Made of alabaster Mt 26:7; Mr 14:3; Lu 7:37

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box. Box, n. a tree, a case or coffer, feat in a playhouse or court room, a blow on the ear, a cylinder for an axletree, quantity in a box

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Box (bŏks), n. [[As. box, L. buxus, fr. Gr. �. See Box a case.]] (Bot.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc. Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of North America. — Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus). — Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum). — Box tree, the tree variety of the common box.