G218Verb9 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Matthew 6:17ἄλειψαί
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
- Mark 6:13ἤλειφον
They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.
- Luke 7:46ἤλειψεν
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
- John 11:2ἀλείψασα
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
- James 5:14ἀλείψαντες
Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Abbott-Smith
(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.)
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.