Hebrew verb · H4886
מָשַׁח
mashachmaw-shakh'
to anoint
70 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mâshach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4886is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 16 of 39Old Testament books
- 57spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4886
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
The King James renders it: anoint, paint.
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
mashach is rendered "to anoint". It stands 70 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
- The Greek text spells it fifty-seven different ways.
The first use
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
Genesis 31:13מָשַׁ֤חְתָּ
The first use, in the order of the Old 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
- and you will anoint11
- and he anointed6
- and they anointed5
- smeared4
- he has anointed you3
- I anoint you3
- was anointed3
- you will anoint3
- and they anointed him2
- people had anointed2
- you anointed2
- and anointed1
and 25 more, 70 uses in all
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.
The words it stands beside
All 70, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
57 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
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֥4
- הִמָּשַׁ֣ח3
- מְשֻׁחִ֣ים3
- וַיִּמְשַׁ֥ח2
- וַיִּמְשַׁ֨ח2
- וַיִּמְשְׁח֧וּ2
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣2
- מְשַׁחְתִּ֥יךָֽ2
- תִּמְשַׁ֥ח2
- הִמָּשַׁ֥ח1
- הַמְּשֻׁחִ֑ים1
- וַיִּמְשַׁ֣ח1
and 45 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqq2ms11Hc/Vqq2ms
- Hc/Vqw3mp6Hc/Vqw3mp
- Hc/Vqw3ms6Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)4HVNcc
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular4HVqp1cs/Sp2ms
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural4HVqsmpa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular3HVqi2ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural3HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3HVqp3ms/Sp2ms
- Hc/Vqw3mp/Sp3ms2Hc/Vqw3mp/Sp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVqp2ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
Genesis
one use
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
- מָשַׁ֤חְתָּmashachtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you anointed
Exodus
twelve uses
After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֨umashachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will anoint
along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,
- מְשֻׁחִ֣יםmeshuchimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: smeared
Then take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head.
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֖umashachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will anoint
Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
- וּמָֽשַׁחְתָּ֥umashachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will anoint
Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֥umashachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will anoint
Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
- תִּמְשָׁ֑חtimshachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will anoint
Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֥umashachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will anoint
Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֛umashachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will anoint
Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֥umashachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will anoint
And you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֥umashachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will anoint
Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣umashachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will anoint
- מָשַׁ֙חְתָּ֙mashachtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you anointed
Leviticus
eight uses
Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil.
- מְשֻׁחִ֥יםmeshuchimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: smeared
“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
- הִמָּשַׁ֣חhimashachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: is anointed
If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.
- מְשֻׁחִ֣יםmeshuchimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: smeared
On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.
- מָשְׁח֣וֹmashechoverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anointed he
Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
- וַיִּמְשַׁ֥חvaiyimshachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he anointed
He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.
- וַיִּמְשַׁ֨חvaiyimshachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he anointed
He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
- וַיִּמְשַׁ֥חvaiyimshachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he anointed
The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments
- יִמְשַׁ֣חyimshachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone will anoint
Numbers
eight uses
These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.
- הַמְּשֻׁחִ֑יםhameshuchimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: the anointed
together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers coated with oil.
- מְשֻׁחִ֣יםmeshuchimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: smeared
On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
- וַיִּמְשַׁ֨חvaiyimshachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he anointed
- וַיִּמְשָׁחֵ֖םvaiyimshachemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he anointed them
When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.
- הִמָּשַׁ֣חhimashachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: was anointed
So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
- הִמָּשַׁ֣חhimashachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: was anointed
All the livestock sacrificed for the peace offering totaled twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
- הִמָּשַׁ֥חhimashachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: was anointed
The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- מָשַׁ֥חmashachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone had anointed
Judges
two uses
One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
- לִמְשֹׁ֥חַlimshoachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to anoint
But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
- מֹשְׁחִ֨יםmoshechimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: anointing
1 Samuel
eight uses
“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
- וּמְשַׁחְתּ֤וֹumeshachtoHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mstagged: and you will anoint him
Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
- מְשָׁחֲךָ֧meshachakhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he has anointed you
- מְשָֽׁחֲךָmeshachakhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he has anointed you
Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
- לִמְשָׁחֳךָ֣limshochokhapreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to anoint you
And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
- וַיִּמְשָׁחֲךָ֧vaiyimshachakhaHc/Vqw3ms/Sp2mstagged: and he anointed you
Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣umashachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will anoint
So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
- מְשָׁחֵ֖הוּmeshachehuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anoint him
So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
- וַיִּמְשַׁ֣חvaiyimshachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he anointed
2 Samuel
seven uses
Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
- וַיִּמְשְׁחוּ־vaiyimshechu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they anointed
Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
- מָשְׁח֧וּmashechuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have anointed
And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
- וּמָשׁ֣וּחַumashuachconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: and anointed
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
- וַיִּמְשְׁח֧וּvaiyimshechuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they anointed
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.
- מָשְׁח֨וּmashechuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people had anointed
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
- מְשַׁחְתִּ֤יךָֽmeshachtikhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I anointed you
But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
- מָשַׁ֣חְנוּmashachnuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we anointed
1 Kings
seven uses
There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
- וּמָשַׁ֣חumashachHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will anoint
Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
- וַיִּמְשַׁ֖חvaiyimshachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he anointed
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
- וַיִּמְשְׁח֣וּvaiyimshechuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they have anointed
Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
- מָשְׁח֥וּmashechuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people had anointed
Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
- וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֧umashachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will anoint
You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
- תִּמְשַׁ֥חtimshachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will anoint
- תִּמְשַׁ֥חtimshachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will anoint
2 Kings
five uses
Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”
- מְשַׁחְתִּ֥יךָֽmeshachtikhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I anoint you
So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
- מְשַׁחְתִּ֧יךָֽmeshachtikhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I anoint you
“That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, and he said, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
- מְשַׁחְתִּ֥יךָֽmeshachtikhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I anoint you
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
- וַיִּמְשָׁחֻ֑הוּvaiyimshachuhuHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they anointed him
From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
- וַיִּמְשְׁח֥וּvaiyimshechuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they anointed
1 Chronicles
three uses
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.
- וַיִּמְשְׁח֨וּvaiyimshechuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they anointed
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went out to face them.
- נִמְשַׁ֨חnimshachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had been anointed
That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.
- וַיִּמְשְׁח֧וּvaiyimshechuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they anointed
2 Chronicles
two uses
Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
- מְשָׁח֣וֹmeshachoverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had anointed him
Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”
- וַיִּמְשָׁחֻ֙הוּ֙vaiyimshachuhuHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they anointed him
Psalms
two uses
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- מְשָׁחֲךָ֡meshachakhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he has anointed you
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
- מְשַׁחְתִּֽיו׃meshachtivverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I have anointed him
Isaiah
two uses
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
- מִשְׁח֥וּmishchuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: smear
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
- מָשַׁח֩mashachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has anointed
Jeremiah
one use
who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.
- וּמָשׁ֖וֹחַumashoachconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: and he will smear
Daniel
one use
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
- וְלִמְשֹׁ֖חַvelimshoachconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to anoint
Amos
one use
You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
- יִמְשָׁ֑חוּyimshachuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they smear
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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