Strong G5548χρίω
to anoint
- Transliteration
- chriō
- Pronunciation
- khree'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Probably akin to G5530 through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with oil that is (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service: - anoint.
Detailed definition
χρίω
to anoint (Hom., al.);
[in LXX chiefly for מָשַׁח of consecration to a sacred office: priest, Exo.28:41; prophet, 3Ki.19:16; king, 1Ki.10:1; of things, Exo.40:9, Lev.8:10, al.].
In NT, metaphorically, of God's anointing,
__(a) Christ: Act.4:27; with inf., Luk.4:18 (LXX); with dupl. accusative (see B1., § 34, 4), Heb.1:9 (LXX); πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, Act.10:38;
__(b) Christians: 2Co.1:21 (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 73) (cf. ἐν-, ἐπι-Χριω).†
SYN: see: ἀλείφω
(AS)
to anoint (Hom., al.);
[in LXX chiefly for מָשַׁח of consecration to a sacred office: priest, Exo.28:41; prophet, 3Ki.19:16; king, 1Ki.10:1; of things, Exo.40:9, Lev.8:10, al.].
In NT, metaphorically, of God's anointing,
__(a) Christ: Act.4:27; with inf., Luk.4:18 (LXX); with dupl. accusative (see B1., § 34, 4), Heb.1:9 (LXX); πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, Act.10:38;
__(b) Christians: 2Co.1:21 (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 73) (cf. ἐν-, ἐπι-Χριω).†
SYN: see: ἀλείφω
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5548 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- anoint5
First verses
- Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- Acts 4:27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
- Acts 10:38How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
- 2 Corinthians 1:21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
- Hebrews 1:9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
χρίω,
Epic dialect imperfect χρῖον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.252, also χρίεσκε 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.871)]: future χρίσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 789)]: aorist ἔχρῑσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.364, etc.)], Epic dialect χρῖσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.680, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.49)]: perfect κέχρῑκα [LXX (LXX.1Ki.10.1, +others)]:—middle, future χρίσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.220:)]aorist participle χρῑσάμενος[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 96, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 523, etc.)]:—passive, future χρισθήσομαι [LXX (LXX.Exo.30.32)]: aorist ἐχρίσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 675, 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 10)]: perfect κέχρῑμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.189, 195, Magnes 3, etc., later κέχρισμαι LXX.2Ki.5.17:)]pluperfect ἐκέχριστο falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.2)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐκέχριντο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 2)]. [Even in present and imperfect ι is long, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.179 (ἐπι-χρῑοντες), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.186, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 675, etc.)]; χρῐει only in late Poets, as [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.275 (3rd c.BC(?): Nossis Epigrammatica): in)]future and all other tenses ῑ without exception, whence the proper accent. is χρῖσαι, κεχρῖσθαι, χρῖσμα, etc.:—touch the surface of a body slightly, especially of the human body, graze, hence,
I rub, anoint with scented unguents or oil, as was done after bathing, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, λόεον καὶ χρῖον ἐλαίῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.252; ἔχρισεν λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ 3.466; λοέσσαι τε χρῖσαί τε 19.320)]; of a dead body, χρῖεν ἐλαίῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.186)]; anoint a suppliant, [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.170 (from Cyrene))]; πέπλον χ. rub or infect with poison, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 675, compare 689, 832 (Lyric poetry): _metaphorically_, ἱμέρῳ χρίσασ᾽ οἰστόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 634 (Lyric poetry); οὐ μέλανι, ἀλλὰ θανάτῳ χ. τὸν κάλαμον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.841e)]:—middle, anoint oneself, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.96; κάλλεϊ ἀμβροσίῳ οἵῳ.. Κυθέρεια χρίεται 18.194, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 523; ἐλαίῳ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.417; ἐκ φαρμάκου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 13:)] with accusative _of things_, ἰοὺς χρίεσθαι anoint (i. e. poison) one's arrows, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.262)]:—passive, χρίεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.124)]; βακκάριδι κεχριμένος Magnes [same place]; συκαμίνῳ τὰς γνάθους κεχριμέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 98.3: _metaphorically_, Σοφοκλέους τοῦ μέλιτι κεχριμένου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 581.)]
I.2 in LXX, anoint in token of consecration, χ. τινὰ εἰς βασιλέα [LXX+NT (“4 Ki.” 9.3; εἰς ἄρχοντα LXX.1Ki.10.1; εἰς προφήτην LXX.1Ki.19.16; also χ. τινὰ τοῦ βασιλεύειν LXX.Judg.9.15: with double _accusative_, χ. τινὰ ἔλαιον NT.Heb.1.9.)]
II wash with colour, coat, αἰγέαι κεχριμέναι ἐρευθεδάνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.189)]; πίσσῃ[Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 195, compare “Inscription Délos” 442 A 188 (2nd c.BC))]; ἀσφάλτῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.22 (_passive_))]; στοάν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Supp.epigram” 4.268 (Panamara, 2nd c.AD):)] —middle, τὸ σῶμα μίλτῳ χρίονται smear their bodies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.191.)]
III wound on the surface, puncture, prick, sting, of the gadfly in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 566, 597, 880 (all Lyric poetry):)] —passive, ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι χρισθεῖσ᾽[Refs ([prev. work] 675.)]
Epic dialect imperfect χρῖον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.252, also χρίεσκε 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.871)]: future χρίσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 789)]: aorist ἔχρῑσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.364, etc.)], Epic dialect χρῖσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.680, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.49)]: perfect κέχρῑκα [LXX (LXX.1Ki.10.1, +others)]:—middle, future χρίσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.220:)]aorist participle χρῑσάμενος[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 96, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 523, etc.)]:—passive, future χρισθήσομαι [LXX (LXX.Exo.30.32)]: aorist ἐχρίσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 675, 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 10)]: perfect κέχρῑμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.189, 195, Magnes 3, etc., later κέχρισμαι LXX.2Ki.5.17:)]pluperfect ἐκέχριστο falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.2)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐκέχριντο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 2)]. [Even in present and imperfect ι is long, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.179 (ἐπι-χρῑοντες), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.186, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 675, etc.)]; χρῐει only in late Poets, as [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.275 (3rd c.BC(?): Nossis Epigrammatica): in)]future and all other tenses ῑ without exception, whence the proper accent. is χρῖσαι, κεχρῖσθαι, χρῖσμα, etc.:—touch the surface of a body slightly, especially of the human body, graze, hence,
I rub, anoint with scented unguents or oil, as was done after bathing, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, λόεον καὶ χρῖον ἐλαίῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.252; ἔχρισεν λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ 3.466; λοέσσαι τε χρῖσαί τε 19.320)]; of a dead body, χρῖεν ἐλαίῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.186)]; anoint a suppliant, [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.170 (from Cyrene))]; πέπλον χ. rub or infect with poison, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 675, compare 689, 832 (Lyric poetry): _metaphorically_, ἱμέρῳ χρίσασ᾽ οἰστόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 634 (Lyric poetry); οὐ μέλανι, ἀλλὰ θανάτῳ χ. τὸν κάλαμον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.841e)]:—middle, anoint oneself, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.96; κάλλεϊ ἀμβροσίῳ οἵῳ.. Κυθέρεια χρίεται 18.194, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 523; ἐλαίῳ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.417; ἐκ φαρμάκου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 13:)] with accusative _of things_, ἰοὺς χρίεσθαι anoint (i. e. poison) one's arrows, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.262)]:—passive, χρίεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.124)]; βακκάριδι κεχριμένος Magnes [same place]; συκαμίνῳ τὰς γνάθους κεχριμέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 98.3: _metaphorically_, Σοφοκλέους τοῦ μέλιτι κεχριμένου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 581.)]
I.2 in LXX, anoint in token of consecration, χ. τινὰ εἰς βασιλέα [LXX+NT (“4 Ki.” 9.3; εἰς ἄρχοντα LXX.1Ki.10.1; εἰς προφήτην LXX.1Ki.19.16; also χ. τινὰ τοῦ βασιλεύειν LXX.Judg.9.15: with double _accusative_, χ. τινὰ ἔλαιον NT.Heb.1.9.)]
II wash with colour, coat, αἰγέαι κεχριμέναι ἐρευθεδάνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.189)]; πίσσῃ[Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 195, compare “Inscription Délos” 442 A 188 (2nd c.BC))]; ἀσφάλτῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.22 (_passive_))]; στοάν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Supp.epigram” 4.268 (Panamara, 2nd c.AD):)] —middle, τὸ σῶμα μίλτῳ χρίονται smear their bodies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.191.)]
III wound on the surface, puncture, prick, sting, of the gadfly in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 566, 597, 880 (all Lyric poetry):)] —passive, ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι χρισθεῖσ᾽[Refs ([prev. work] 675.)]