Greek verb · G218
ἀλείφω
aleiphoal-i'-fo
to anoint
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: aleíphō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G218is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G218
to oil (with perfume)
The King James renders it: anoint.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aleipho is rendered "to anoint". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:17But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
Matthew 6:17ἄλειψαί
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- anointed2
- having anointed2
- do anoint yourself1
- they may anoint1
- was anointing1
- were anointing1
- you did anoint1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἤλειψεν2
- ἄλειψαί1
- ἀλείψαντες1
- ἀλείψασα1
- ἀλείψωσιν1
- ἤλειφεν1
- ἤλειφον1
- ἤλειψας1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AAI-2S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-AAP-NSF
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-AAS-3P
- verb · aorist middle, command · 2nd person singular1V-AMM-2S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
Matthew
one use
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
- ἄλειψαίaleipsaiverb · aorist middle, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do anoint yourself
Mark
two uses
They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.
- ἤλειφονeleiphonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were anointing
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
- ἀλείψωσινaleipsosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may anoint
Luke
three uses
As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
- ἤλειφενeleiphenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was anointing
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
- ἤλειψαςeleipsasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you did anoint
- ἤλειψενeleipsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: anointed
John
two uses
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
- ἀλείψασαaleipsasaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having anointed
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
- ἤλειψενeleipsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: anointed
James
one use
Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
- ἀλείψαντεςaleipsantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having anointed
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.