Strong G218ἀλείφω
to anoint
- Transliteration
- aleiphō
- Pronunciation
- al-i'-fo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀλείφω
(cf. λίπος, oil), [in LXX: Gen.31:13, Exo.40:15, Num.3:3 (מָשַׁח), Eze.13:10 ff. (טוּחַ), Rut.3:3, 2Ki.12:20 14:2, 4Ki.4:2, 2Ch.28:15, Mic.6:15, Dan LXX TH Dan.10:3 (סוּךְ), Est.2:12, Jdth.16:8 *;]
to anoint, festally or in homage: with accusative of thing(s) or of person(s), Mat.6:17, Jhn.12:3, Mrk.16:1; before dative, ἐλαίῳ, Mrk.6:13, Jas.5:14; μύρῳ, Luk.7:38, 46, Jhn.11:2.†
SYN.: χρίω, μυρίζω (against the distinction made bet. ἀ. and χ. in Tr., Syn., § 38, see MM, VGT, see word, ἀ.) (AS)
(cf. λίπος, oil), [in LXX: Gen.31:13, Exo.40:15, Num.3:3 (מָשַׁח), Eze.13:10 ff. (טוּחַ), Rut.3:3, 2Ki.12:20 14:2, 4Ki.4:2, 2Ch.28:15, Mic.6:15, Dan LXX TH Dan.10:3 (סוּךְ), Est.2:12, Jdth.16:8 *;]
to anoint, festally or in homage: with accusative of thing(s) or of person(s), Mat.6:17, Jhn.12:3, Mrk.16:1; before dative, ἐλαίῳ, Mrk.6:13, Jas.5:14; μύρῳ, Luk.7:38, 46, Jhn.11:2.†
SYN.: χρίω, μυρίζω (against the distinction made bet. ἀ. and χ. in Tr., Syn., § 38, see MM, VGT, see word, ἀ.) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G218 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- anoint8
- thou1
First verses
- Matthew 6:17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
- Mark 6:13And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
- Mark 16:1And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
- Luke 7:38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
- Luke 7:46My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
- John 11:2(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
- John 12:3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
- James 5:14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀλείφω,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.8, etc.)]: future -ψω[LXX (LXX.Exo.40.15)], (ἐξ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1486, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 386c)]: aorist ἤλειψα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], Attic dialect, Epic dialect ἄλειψα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.177:)]perfect ἀλήλῐφα (ἀπ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 52.2))]:—middle, future -ψομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68:)]aorist ἠλειψάμην Attic dialect, Epic dialect ἀλ-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.171:)] —passive, future ἀλειφθήσομαι (ἐξ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.73)]: aorist 1 ἠλείφθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.54, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 217c, etc.:)]aorist 2 ἐξ-ηλίφην variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 258b)], (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 55.3: pf ἀλήλιμμαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68)], (ἐξ-, ὑπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.6 (-ει- is frequently found in _perfect_ forms in codices): (ἀ-, _euphonic_, λιπ-, compare λίπος))]:—anoint the skin with oil, as was done after bathing, active referring to another, middle to oneself, λοῦσαι κέλετ᾽ ἀμφί τ᾽ ἀλεῖψαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.582; 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus elsewhere always adds λίπα or λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ (see. entry λίπα), πάντα λοέσσατο καὶ λίπ᾽ ἄλειψεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.227; λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.577, compare 14.171, 18.350)]: later of anointing for gymnastic exercises, λίπα μετὰ τοῦ γυμνάζεσθαι ἠλείψαντο[Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6; generally, λίπα ἀλείφεσθαι [prev. author] 4.68; βακκάρι ῥῖνας 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 41)]; of anointing the sick, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 60, cf. NT.Jam.5.14.)]
2 supply oil for gymnasts, ἀλειφούσης τῆς πόλεως [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” (add.) (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus))]; ἀ. πανήγυριν, ἔθνη, [Refs (“Inscription Magn.” 163, “OGI” 533.47 (from Ancyra))]; οἱ -όμενοι youths undergoing gymnastic training, [Refs ([prev. work] 339.72 (from Sestos), etc.)]; οἱ ἀ. ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ [Refs ([prev. work]764.5 (Pergam.), +others)]; ἀλείφεσθαι παρά τινι to attend a gymnastic school, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.2.26.)]
3 polish, τράπεζαν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 74; δακτύλιον 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 21; ἀγάλματα 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.33.)]
4 metaphorically, prepare as if for gymnastics, encourage, stimulate, instigate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demades Orator 17, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.6; ἐπὶ τὴν πολιτικὴν ἀγωνίαν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.59 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν Κλώδιον 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.16, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 3; τινὰ κατά τινος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.549; τινὰ ἐπὶ φαρμακείαν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μακεδονική” 11.7)]:—passive, τοὺς -ομένους ἐπί τι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.158 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
II daub, plaster, besmear, οὔατα ἀλεῖψαι stop up ears, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.47, 177, 200; ἀ. αἵματι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.8; μίλτῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.5; ψιμυθίῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 217d; κυανῷ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.11.5.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.8, etc.)]: future -ψω[LXX (LXX.Exo.40.15)], (ἐξ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1486, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 386c)]: aorist ἤλειψα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], Attic dialect, Epic dialect ἄλειψα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.177:)]perfect ἀλήλῐφα (ἀπ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 52.2))]:—middle, future -ψομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68:)]aorist ἠλειψάμην Attic dialect, Epic dialect ἀλ-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.171:)] —passive, future ἀλειφθήσομαι (ἐξ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.73)]: aorist 1 ἠλείφθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.54, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 217c, etc.:)]aorist 2 ἐξ-ηλίφην variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 258b)], (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 55.3: pf ἀλήλιμμαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68)], (ἐξ-, ὑπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.6 (-ει- is frequently found in _perfect_ forms in codices): (ἀ-, _euphonic_, λιπ-, compare λίπος))]:—anoint the skin with oil, as was done after bathing, active referring to another, middle to oneself, λοῦσαι κέλετ᾽ ἀμφί τ᾽ ἀλεῖψαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.582; 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus elsewhere always adds λίπα or λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ (see. entry λίπα), πάντα λοέσσατο καὶ λίπ᾽ ἄλειψεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.227; λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.577, compare 14.171, 18.350)]: later of anointing for gymnastic exercises, λίπα μετὰ τοῦ γυμνάζεσθαι ἠλείψαντο[Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6; generally, λίπα ἀλείφεσθαι [prev. author] 4.68; βακκάρι ῥῖνας 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 41)]; of anointing the sick, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 60, cf. NT.Jam.5.14.)]
2 supply oil for gymnasts, ἀλειφούσης τῆς πόλεως [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” (add.) (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus))]; ἀ. πανήγυριν, ἔθνη, [Refs (“Inscription Magn.” 163, “OGI” 533.47 (from Ancyra))]; οἱ -όμενοι youths undergoing gymnastic training, [Refs ([prev. work] 339.72 (from Sestos), etc.)]; οἱ ἀ. ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ [Refs ([prev. work]764.5 (Pergam.), +others)]; ἀλείφεσθαι παρά τινι to attend a gymnastic school, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.2.26.)]
3 polish, τράπεζαν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 74; δακτύλιον 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 21; ἀγάλματα 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.33.)]
4 metaphorically, prepare as if for gymnastics, encourage, stimulate, instigate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demades Orator 17, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.6; ἐπὶ τὴν πολιτικὴν ἀγωνίαν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.59 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν Κλώδιον 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.16, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 3; τινὰ κατά τινος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.549; τινὰ ἐπὶ φαρμακείαν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μακεδονική” 11.7)]:—passive, τοὺς -ομένους ἐπί τι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.158 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
II daub, plaster, besmear, οὔατα ἀλεῖψαι stop up ears, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.47, 177, 200; ἀ. αἵματι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.8; μίλτῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.5; ψιμυθίῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 217d; κυανῷ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.11.5.)]