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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)
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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 9 times in 8 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - 'But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:13 - and many demons they were casting out, and they were anointing with oil many infirm, and they were healing them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:1 - And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:46 - with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:2 - and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:3 - Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and did wipe with her hair his feet, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14 - is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,
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