To anoint
סוּךְStrong’s H5480sukh
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sukh is the Hebrew word usually translated “anoint yourself”, “anointed himself” and “anointed them”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.”
Meaning
- To anoint, pour in anointing(Qal) to anoint · (Hiphil) to anoint
How it's translated
- you will anoint yourself 2
- and you will anoint yourself 1
- and he anointed himself 1
- you anoint yourself 1
- and they anointed them 1
- and i anointed you 1
- and indeed 1
- i anointed myself 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Ruth 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Ezekiel 1
- Daniel 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 28:40Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
- Ruth 3:3Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
- 2 Samuel 12:20Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
- 2 Samuel 14:2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
- 2 Chronicles 28:15And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
- Ezekiel 16:9Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
Hebrew dictionary
סוּךְ sukh · to anoint
1) to anoint, pour in anointing 1a) (Qal) to anoint 1a1) to anoint oneself 1a2) to anoint (another) 1a3) to be poured 1b) (Hiphil) to anoint
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “indeed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INDEE'D, adverb
[in and deed.]
In reality; in truth; in fact.
- “The carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be” Romans 8:7
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.