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Lexicon :: Strong's G218 - aleiphō

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ἀλείφω
Transliteration
aleiphō (Key)
Pronunciation
al-i'-fo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as particle of union) and the base of λιπαρός (G3045)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:229,37

Trench's Synonyms: xxxviii. ἔλαιον, μύρον (χρίω, ἀλείφω).

Strong’s Definitions

ἀλείφω aleíphō, al-i'-fo; from G1 (as particle of union) and the base of G3045; to oil (with perfume):—anoint.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G218 in the following manner: anoint (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G218 in the following manner: anoint (9x).

  1. to anoint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀλείφω aleíphō, al-i'-fo; from G1 (as particle of union) and the base of G3045; to oil (with perfume):—anoint.
STRONGS G218:
ἀλείφω: imperfect ἤλειφον; 1 aorist ἤλειψα; 1 aorist middle imperative ἄλειψαι; [allied with λίπος, grease; cf. Curtius, § 340; Vanicek, p. 811; Peile, p. 407; from Homer down]; to anoint: τινά or τί, Mark 16:1; John 12:3; τινά or τί τινι [Winer's Grammar, 227 (213)], as ἐλαίῳ, Luke 7:46a; Mark 6:13; James 5:14; μύρῳ, John 11:2; Luke 7:38, 46b; middle, Matthew 6:17 (literally, 'anoint for thyself thy head,' unge tibi caput tuum; cf. Winers Grammar, 257 (242); Buttmann, 192 (166f)). Cf. Winers RWB under the word Salbe; [B. D. or McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, under the word Anoint, etc. Synonyms: "ἀλείφειν is the mundane and profane, χρίειν the sacred and religious, word." Trench, § 38. Compare: ἐξαλείφω].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:17
Mark
6:13; 16:1
Luke
7:38; 7:46; 7:46
John
11:2; 12:3
James
5:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G218 matches the Greek ἀλείφω (aleiphō),
which occurs 19 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - ‘I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, [fn]leave this land, and return to the land of your kin.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - and you shall anoint them even as you have anointed their father, that they may minister as priests to Me; and their anointing will be for them for a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:3 - These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he [fn]ordained to minister as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:3 - “So you shall wash yourself and anoint yourself and put on your best clothes, and you shall go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - So David arose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he came into the house of Yahweh and worshiped. Then he came to his own house, and he asked, and they set food before him, and he ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So Joab sent to Tekoa and [fn]brought a wise woman from there and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your servant-woman has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - Then the men who were designated by name arose, took hold of the captives, and they clothed all their naked ones from the spoil; and they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers; then they returned to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 -

Now when it reached the turn of each young lady to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their cosmetic treatment were fulfilled as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and the cosmetics for women—

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:10 - “It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11 - so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a stormy wind will break out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:12 - “Now behold, the wall will fall. Will it then not be said to you, ‘Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:14 - “So I will pull down the wall which you plastered over with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation is laid bare; and it will fall, and you will be consumed in its midst. And you will know that I am Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:15 - “Thus I will spend My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it over with whitewash; and I will say to you, ‘The wall [fn]is gone, and its plasterers are gone—

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - “And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, beholding worthless visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,’ when Yahweh has not spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:3 - I did not eat any [fn]tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three [fn]weeks were fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:15 -

“You will sow but you will not reap.

You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil;

And the grapes, but you will not drink wine.

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