Word

χρίω

chríō · G5548 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to anoint, to assign, to appoint, assignment, appointment

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

Examples
Luke 4:18 “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED,
Acts 4:27 “For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
Acts 10:38 “You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

How it’s used In 5 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

5 occurrences in 4 groups

θεόςGod 2
Not stated: you (one person) 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

5 occurrences in 4 groups

ἐγώI, we 2
ὅςwho, which, that 1
σύyou 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 2 groups

διάthrough+ οὗτοςthis 1
παράfrom, with, beside+ μέτοχοςcompanion 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἸησοῦςJesus 1
παῖςservant, child 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

θεόςGod 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.

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In the other Testament 1 word

מָשַׁח mâshach · H4886 · to spread, to apply, to rub: Hebrew מָשַׁח (mâshach, H4886) is the direct etymological and semantic equivalent of Greek χρίω (chríō, G5548), both denoting the physical act of anointing with oil and its consequent religious/consecration sense; the Greek term directly translates the Hebrew in LXX passages involving anointing priests, kings, and sacred objects.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To anoint, to assign, to appoint, assignment, appointment37.107: Acts 10:38 says that God “anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil”.

Word family 7 words

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

χρίωchríō · G5548Χριστός Christós · G5547 · anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus · 529×ἀντίχριστος antíchristos · G500 · antichrist · 5×χρῖσμα chrîsma · G5545 · to anoint, to assign, to appoint · 3×Χριστιανός 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 : 1 aorist ἀχρισα; (akin to χείρ ((?), see Curtius, § 201), χραίνω; properly, 'to touch…

: 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): Lk 4:18 (after Isa 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)), Heb 1:9 (from Ps 44:8; 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 Jn 2:20): 2 Cor 1:21. (Compare: ἐγχρίω, ἐπιχρίω. Synonym: see ἀλείφω, at the end)

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Assign to a Role or Function5 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