Greek verb · G5548
χρίω
chriokhree'-o
to anoint
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chríō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5548is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5548
to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service
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
chrio is rendered "to anoint". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
Luke 4:18ἔχρισέν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- anointed1
- has anointed1
- having anointed1
- He has anointed1
- You anointed1
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 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- ἔχρισέν2
- ἔχρισας1
- ἔχρισεν1
- χρίσας1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AAI-2S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
Luke
one use
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- ἔχρισένechrisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has anointed
Acts
two uses
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
- ἔχρισαςechrisasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You anointed
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- ἔχρισενechrisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: anointed
2 Corinthians
one use
Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
- χρίσαςchrisasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having anointed
Hebrews
one use
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
- ἔχρισένechrisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has 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.