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Strong's G5545 · Greek

χρῖσμα

chrisma · khris'-mah

from 5548; an unguent or smearing, i.e. (figuratively) the special endowment ("chrism") of the Holy Spirit


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

χρίσμα (G5545)

3 χρίσμα (T, χρῖσμα , as in cl.; v. Tdf., Pr. , 102; Bl., § 4, 2), -τος, το ( χρίω ), later form of χρῖμα (Æsch., al.), [in LXX for מִשְׁחָה and cogn. forms ( Ex 29:7 , al.) ;] an anointing, unction (the result of the action χρίειν ; ICC , in l.; but cf. Westc., in l, for the view that the oil, not the act, is meant): I Jo 2:20 , 27 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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