Strong's Concordance chrió: to anoint Original Word: χρίωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chrió Phonetic Spelling: (khree'-o) Short Definition: I anoint Definition: I anoint, consecrate by anointing. HELPS Word-studies 5548 xríō – to anoint by rubbing or pouring olive oil on someone to represent the flow (empowering) of the Holy Spirit. Anointing (literally) involved rubbing olive oil on the head, etc., especially to present someone as divinely-authorized (appointed by God) to serve as prophet, priest or king, etc. See 1 Ki 19:16; Lev 8:12; Ps 133:2; 1 Sam 10:1, 16:13; 2 Sam 2:4, 5:3. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5548: χρίωχρίω: 1 aorist ἀχρισα; (akin to χείρ ((?), see Curtius, § 201), χραίνω; properly, 'to touch with the hand', 'to besmear'); from Homer down; the Sept. for מָשַׁח; to anoint (on the persons who received anointing among the Hebrews, see χρῖσμα); in the N. T. only tropically, of God a. consecrating Jesus to the Messianic office, and furnishing him with powers necessary for its administration (see χρῖσμα): Luke 4:18 (after Isaiah 61:1); contrary to common usage with an accusative of the thing, ἔλαιον, (like verbs of clothing, putting on, etc. (cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 4 a.; Buttmann, § 131, 6)), Hebrews 1:9 (from Psalm 44:8 b. enduing Christians with the gifts of the Holy Spirit (cf. Westcott on 1 John 2:20): 2 Corinthians 1:21. (Compare: ἐγχρίω, ἐπιχρίω. Synonym: see ἀλείφω, at the end) Probably akin to chraomai through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service -- anoint. see GREEK chraomai Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 55485 Occurrences χρίσας — 1 Occ. ἔχρισας — 1 Occ. ἔχρισέν — 3 Occ. Luke 4:18 V-AIA-3S GRK: οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέν με εὐαγγελίσασθαι NAS: IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL KJV: because he hath anointed me INT: of which because he anointed me to preach good news Acts 4:27 V-AIA-2S Acts 10:38 V-AIA-3S 2 Corinthians 1:21 V-APA-NMS Hebrews 1:9 V-AIA-3S |
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