Anointed
מָשִׁיחַStrong’s H4899mashiach (ma-shi-ach)
Appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mashiach is the Hebrew word usually translated “anointed of”, “anointed his” and “anointed your”. It appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament.
“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
Meaning
- Anointed, anointed oneof the Messiah, Messianic prince · of the king of Israel · of the high priest of Israel · of Cyrus · of the patriarchs as anointed kings
How it's translated
- anointed of 8
- anointed his 7
- anointed your 6
- anointed 5
- anointed my 3
- on anointed of 3
- to anointed his 3
- an anointed 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 11
- Psalms 10
- 2 Samuel 6
- Leviticus 4
- Daniel 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:26In contextAnd after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
- Leviticus 4:3If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:5And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
- Leviticus 4:16And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:
- Leviticus 6:22And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
- 1 Samuel 2:10The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
Hebrew dictionary
מָשִׁיחַ mashiach · anointed
1) anointed, anointed one 1a) of the Messiah, Messianic prince 1b) of the king of Israel 1c) of the high priest of Israel 1d) of Cyrus 1e) of the patriarchs as anointed kings
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.