ANOINTING PEOPLE

 

OLD TESTAMENT

HEBREW –

                             mashach - to smear, anoint

                             mashiach – smeared, anointed

                             mishchah – smearing, anointing

                             benhayyitshar – son of the oil, shining one

                             balal – to mix, anoint

                             dashen – to fatten

Exodus 28:41 “And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint (mashach) them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.”

Exodus 29:7 “Then shalt thou take the anointing (mashach) oil, and pour it upon his head and anoint (mashach) him.”

Leviticus 16:32 “And the priest, whom he shall anoint (mashach), and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:”

I Samuel 24:10 “Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee (Saul) today into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord’s anointed (mashiach).”

II Samuel 2:4 “And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed (mashach) David king over the house of Judah.  And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.”

I Chronicles 16:22 “Touch not mine anointed (mashiach), and do my prophets no harm.”

Psalm 2:2 “The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed (mashiach);”

Psalm 23:5 “Thou anointest (dashden) my head with oil.”

Psalm 28:8 “The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed (mashiach).”

Psalm 84:9 “Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed (mashiach).”

Psalm 89:20 “I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed (mashach) him:”

Psalm 92:10 “But my horn shall thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed (balal) with fresh oil.”

Psalm 105:15 “Touch not mine anointed (mashiach), and do my prophets no harm.”

Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed (mashach) me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Daniel 9:24 “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint (mashach) the most Holy.”

Habakkuk 3:13 “Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed (mashiach); thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck.  Selah.”

Zechariah 4:14 “These are the two anointed (ben hayyitshar) ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

NEW TESTAMENT

GREEK –

                                      aleipho                 to anoint

                                      epichrio epi          to rub on

                                      chrio                     to rub

                                      murizo                  to anoint with aromatics

                                      chrisma                anointing, rubbing in

                                      egchrio                 to rub in

 

Matthew 6:17 “But thou, when thou fastest anoint (aleipho”) thine head, and wash thy face;”

Mark 6:13 “And they cast out many demons, and anointed (aleipho) with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

Mark 14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint (murizo) my body to the burying.

Mark 16:1 “And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint (aleipho) him.”

Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed (chrio) me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to wet at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”

Luke 7:38, 46 And (she) stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed (aleipho) with the ointment.  My head with oil thou didst not anoint (aleipho): but this woman hath anointed (aleipho) my feet with ointment.

John 9:6, 11 “When he hath thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed (epichrio epi) the eyes of the blind man with the clay.  He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed (epichrio epi) mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.”

John 11:2 “It was that Mary which anointed (aleipho) the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.”

John 12:3 “Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed (aleipho) the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

Acts 4:27 “For a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed (chrio), both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together.”

Acts 10:38 “How God anointed (chrio) Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”

II Corinthians 1:21 “Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed (chrio) us, is God;”

Hebrews 1:9 “Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed (chrio) thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.”

James 5:14-15 “Is there any sick among you?  Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing (alepho) him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.”

I John 2:27 “But the anointing (chrisma) which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing (chrisma) teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”

Revelation 3:18 “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint (egchrio) thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.”

 

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