χρίω chriō · G5548

to anoint

χρίω ; to anoint (Hom., al.); [in LXX chiefly for מָשַׁח of consecration to a sacred office: priest, Exo.28:41; prophet, 3Ki.19:16; king, 1Ki.10:1; of things, Exo.40:9, Lev.8:10, al.]. ; In NT, metaphorically, of God's anointing, ; (a) Christ: Act.4:27; with inf., Luk.4:18 (LXX); with dupl. accusative (see B1., § 34, 4), Heb.1:9 (LXX); πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, Act.10:38; (b) Christians: 2Co.1:21 (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 73) (cf. ἐν-, ἐπι-Χριω).†; SYN: see: ἀλείφω ; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

χρίω, ; Epic dialect imperfect χρῖον []: future χρίσω []: aorist ἔχρῑσα [], Epic dialect χρῖσα []: perfect κέχρῑκα []:—middle, future χρίσομαι []aorist participle χρῑσάμενος[]:—passive, future χρισθήσομαι []: aorist ἐχρίσθην []: perfect κέχρῑμαι []pluperfect ἐκέχριστο falsa lectio in []; 3rd.pers. plural ἐκέχριντο []. [Even in present and imperfect ι is long, []; χρῐει only in late Poets, as []future and all other tenses ῑ without exception, whence the proper accent. is χρῖσαι, κεχρῖσθαι, …

Where it's used 5 times

Luke 4:18 · Acts 4:27 · Acts 10:38 · 2 Corinthians 1:21 · Hebrews 1:9

Source: TBESG G5548; TFLSJ G5548

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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