ἐπιχρίω
epichríō · G2025 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
-
to put on, to smear on, to rub on, to anoint
To smear or rub on substances such as salve or oil
ExamplesJohn 9:11 He answered, “The Man who is called Jesus made mud, and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ὀφθαλμόςeye 1
- πηλόςmud 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπίon+ ὀφθαλμόςeye 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀλείφω aleíphō · G218 · to anoint
- Common Greek verb for anointing or rubbing with oil, often used for physical application of unguents; semantically very close to ἐπιχρίω but without the ἐπι- prefix suggesting 'upon' or 'over'
In the other Testament 2 words
- סוּךְ çûwk · H5480 · to anoint oneself (with oil), to rub (oil) on oneself, to anoint (someone with oil)
- Hebrew verb for smearing or anointing, often used for rubbing oil on the body or objects; a natural translation equivalent for ἐπιχρίω in contexts of physical application of substances
- מָשַׁח mâshach · H4886 · to spread, to apply, to rub
- Primary Hebrew verb for anointing, whether ceremonial or physical; can be used for smearing substances and is a standard translation equivalent for Greek anointing/smearing verbs
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To put on, to smear on, to rub on, to anoint47.15
- In John 9:11, the man born blind recounts, “The Man who is called Jesus made mud, and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash,'” the literal act of smearing or rubbing something on.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist ἐπεχρισα; to spread on, anoint: τί ἐπί τί, anything upon anything, Jn 9:6 (WH…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.