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Lexicon :: Strong's G5548 - chriō

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χρίω
Transliteration
chriō (Key)
Pronunciation
khree'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably akin to χράομαι (G5530) through the idea of contact
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:493,1322

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

Strong’s Definitions

χρίω chríō, khree'-o; probably akin to G5530 through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service:—anoint.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G5548 in the following manner: anoint (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G5548 in the following manner: anoint (5x).

  1. to anoint

    1. consecrating Jesus to the Messianic office, and furnishing him with the necessary powers for its administration

    2. enduing Christians with the gifts of the Holy Spirit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χρίω chríō, khree'-o; probably akin to G5530 through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service:—anoint.
STRONGS G5548:
χρίω: 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 (Ps. 45:8); in Theophilus ad Autol. 1, 12 we find χρίεσθαι ἔλαιον Θεοῦ and χρίεσθαι φωτί καί πνεύματι almost in the same sentence); πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καί δυνάμει, Acts 10:38; also χρίειν used absolutely, Acts 4:27.
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)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
44:8; 45:8
Isaiah
61:1
Luke
4:18
Acts
4:27; 10:38
2 Corinthians
1:21
Hebrews
1:9
1 John
2:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5548 matches the Greek χρίω (chriō),
which occurs 69 times in 66 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (1Ch 11:3–Amo 6:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:3 - So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:8 - When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - And they ate and drank before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the LORD, and Zadok as priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:11 - Then they brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, “Long live the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 - The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:1 - Of David.
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold[fn] of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:7 - you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:20 - I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have anointed him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6 - On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:1 - The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[fn]
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:14 - who says, ‘I will build myself a great house
with spacious upper rooms,’
who cuts out windows for it,
paneling it with cedar
and painting it with vermilion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:9 - Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:3 - And the vision I saw was just like the vision that I had seen when he[fn] came to destroy the city, and just like the vision that I had seen by the Chebar canal. And I fell on my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:24 - “Seventy weeks[fn] are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:10 - Though they hire allies among the nations,
I will soon gather them up.
And the king and princes shall soon writhe
because of the tribute.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:6 - who drink wine in bowls
and anoint themselves with the finest oils,
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!

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