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χρῖσμα

chrîsma · G5545 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to anoint, to assign, to appoint, assignment, appointment

    (Figurative extension of meaning of χρῖσμα ‘to anoint,’ not occurring in the NT) To assign a person to a task, with the implication of supernatural sanctions, blessing, and endowment

    Examples

    1 John 2:20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

    1 John 2:27 And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you remain in Him.

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

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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.

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In the other Testament 1 word
מִשְׁחָה mishchâh · H4888 · anointment, portion
Hebrew term for the physical act/substance of anointing with oil, which the Greek figuratively extends to denote the spiritual endowment ('chrism') of the Holy Spirit; both share the core semantic field of anointing but differ in literal vs. metaphorical register.
Semantic domains 1 entry
To anoint, to assign, to appoint, assignment, appointment37.107
1 John 2:27 says, “the anointing which you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you”.
Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

χρίω chríō · G5548 · to anoint, to assign, to appoint · 5×Χριστός Christós · G5547 · anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus · 529×ἀντίχριστος antíchristos · G500 · antichrist · 5×χρῖσμαchrîsma · G5545Χριστιανός Christianós · G5546 · a Christian, i.e. follower of Christ · 3×ἐγχρίω enchríō · G1472 · to put on, to smear on, to rub on · 1×ἐπιχρίω epichríō · G2025 · to put on, to smear on, to rub on · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (so R G L, small edition, WH) and χρῖσμα (Lachmann's major edition; T Tr; on the accent…
(so R G L, small edition, WH) and χρῖσμα (Lachmann's major edition; T Tr; on the accent see Winers Grammar, § 6, 1e.; Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch., p. 35; (Tdf. Proleg., p. 102)), χρίσματος, τό (χρίω, which see), anything smeared on, unguent, ointment, usually prepared by the Hebrews from oil and aromatic herbs. Anointing was the inaugural ceremony for priests (Ex 28:37; Ex 40:13 (15); Lev 6:22; Num 35:25), kings (1 Sam 9:16; 1 Sam 10:1; 1 Sam 15:1; 1 Sam 16:3, 1 Sam 16:13), and sometimes also prophets (1 Kgs 19:16 cf. Isa 61:1), and by it they were regarded as endued with the Holy Spirit and divine gifts (1 Sam 16:13; Isa 61:1; Josephus, Antiquities 6, 8, 2 πρός τόν Δαυιδην — when anointed by Samuel — μεταβαινει τό θεῖον καταλιπον Σαουλον. καί ὁ μέν προφητεύειν ἤρξατο, τοῦ θείου πνεύματος εἰς αὐτόν μετοικισαμενου); (see BB. DD., see under the words, Ointment, Anointing). Hence, in 1 Jn 2:20 (where ἀπό τοῦ ἁγίου is so used as to imply that this χρῖσμα renders them ἁγίους (cf. Westcott at the passage)) and 27, τό χρῖσμα is used of the gift of the Holy Spirit, as the efficient aid in getting a knowledge of the truth; see χιω. (Xenophon, Theophrastus, Diodorus, Philo, others; for מִשְׁחָה, Ex 29:7; Ex 30:25; Ex 35:14; Ex 40:7 (9).)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Assign to a Role or Function3 occurrences

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

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