Strong's G5548 · Greek

χρίω

chrio · khree'-o

probably akin to 5530 through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

χρίω (G5548)

5 χρίω to anoint (Hom., al.); [in LXX chiefly for משׁח of consecration to a sacred office: priest, Ex 28:41 ; prophet, III Ki 19:16 ; king, I Ki 10:1 ; of things, Ex 40:9 , Le 8:10 , al.]. In NT, metaph., of God's anointing, Christ: Ac 4:27 ; c. inf., Lk 4:18 (LXX) ; c. dupl. acc (v. Bl., § 34, 4), He 1:9 (LXX) ; πνεύματι ἁγίῳ , Ac 10:38 ; Christians: II Co 1:21 (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo. , 73) (cf. ἐν- , ἐπι-Χριω ).† SYN: v.s. ἀλείφω

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

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