To anoint
ἀλείφωStrong’s G0218aleiphō
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Aleiphō is the Greek word usually translated “anointed”, “having anointed” and “do anoint yourself”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;”
Meaning
Usually translated “anointed”, “having anointed” and “do anoint yourself”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- anointed 2
- having anointed 2
- do anoint yourself 1
- were anointing 1
- they may anoint 1
- was anointing 1
- you did anoint 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
- John 2
- Matthew 1
- James 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
ἀλείφω aleiphō · to anoint
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “anointed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ANOINT'ED, participle passive
Smeared or rubbed with oil; set apart; consecrated with oil.
All definitions and other forms of “anointed”
ANOINT'ED, noun
The Messiah, or Son of God, consecrated to the great office of Redeemer; called the Lord's anointed Cyrus is also called the Lord's anointed
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.