χρίω

to anoint (Hom. al.);

[in LXX chiefly for מָשַׁח of consecration to a sacred office: priest, Exo.28:41; prophet, 3Ki.19:16; king, 1Ki.10:1; of things, Exo.40:9, Lev.8:10, al.].

In NT, metaphorically, of God's anointing,

__(a) Christ: Act.4:27; with inf. Luk.4:18 (LXX); with dupl. accusative (see B1. § 34, 4), Heb.1:9 (LXX); πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, Act.10:38;

__(b) Christians: 2Co.1:21 (cf. Westc. Epp. Jo. 73) (cf. ἐν-, ἐπι-Χριω).†

SYN: see: ἀλείφω

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