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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4899

מָשִׁיחַ

mashiachmaw-shee'-akh

anointed

39 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: mâshîyach

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4899is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 28
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4899

anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah

The King James renders it: anointed, Messiah.

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

mashiach is rendered "anointed". It stands 39 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Twelve of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 4:3If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-eight different ways.

The first use

If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.

Leviticus 4:3הַמָּשִׁ֛יחַ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twelve of the word's thirty-nine uses are in 1 Samuel.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • anointed of8
  • anointed his7
  • anointed your6
  • the anointed4
  • on anointed of3
  • to anointed his3
  • an anointed2
  • in anointed my2
  • anointed1
  • anointed my1
  • for anointed my1
  • to anointed of1

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 39, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

28 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

  • מְשִׁ֥יחַ5
  • מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃4
  • בִּמְשִׁ֥יחַ2
  • הַמָּשִׁ֖יחַ2
  • מְשִׁ֣יחַ2
  • מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃2
  • בִּמְשִׁ֣יחַ1
  • בִמְשִׁיחָ֑י1
  • בִּמְשִׁיחָ֔י1
  • הַמָּשִׁ֛יחַ1
  • הַמָּשִׁ֧יחַ1
  • לִמְשִׁ֣יחַ1

and 16 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)8HNcmsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular5HNcmsc/Sp2ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HR/Ncmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HR/Ncmpc/Sp1bs
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bs

Leviticus

four uses
  • If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.

    Leviticus 4:3

    • הַמָּשִׁ֛יחַhamashiachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the anointed
  • Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.

    Leviticus 4:5

    • הַמָּשִׁ֖יחַhamashiachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the anointed
  • Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the bull’s blood into the Tent of Meeting,

    Leviticus 4:16

    • הַמָּשִׁ֖יחַhamashiachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the anointed
  • The priest, who is one of Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. As a permanent portion for the LORD, it must be burned completely.

    Leviticus 6:22

    • הַמָּשִׁ֧יחַhamashiachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the anointed

1 Samuel

twelve uses
  • Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

    1 Samuel 2:10

    • מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃ פmeshichonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anointed his
  • Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.

    1 Samuel 2:35

    • מְשִׁיחִ֖יmeshichinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: anointed my
  • Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

    1 Samuel 12:3

    • מְשִׁיח֗וֹmeshichonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anointed his
  • Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.

    1 Samuel 12:5

    • מְשִׁיחוֹ֙meshichonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anointed his
  • When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

    1 Samuel 16:6

    • מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃meshichonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anointed his
  • So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”

    1 Samuel 24:6

    • לִמְשִׁ֣יחַlimshiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to anointed of
    • מְשִׁ֥יחַmeshiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: anointed of
  • Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’

    1 Samuel 24:10

    • מְשִׁ֥יחַmeshiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: anointed of
  • But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

    1 Samuel 26:9

    • בִּמְשִׁ֥יחַbimshiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on anointed of
  • But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”

    1 Samuel 26:11

    • בִּמְשִׁ֣יחַbimshiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on anointed of
  • This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

    1 Samuel 26:16

    • מְשִׁ֣יחַmeshiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: anointed of
  • May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

    1 Samuel 26:23

    • בִּמְשִׁ֥יחַbimshiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on anointed of

2 Samuel

six uses
  • So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

    2 Samuel 1:14

    • מְשִׁ֥יחַmeshiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: anointed of
  • For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

    2 Samuel 1:16

    • מְשִׁ֥יחַmeshiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: anointed of
  • O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

    2 Samuel 1:21

    • מָשִׁ֥יחַmashiachnoun · masculine singulartagged: anointed
  • But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”

    2 Samuel 19:21

    • מְשִׁ֥יחַmeshiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: anointed of
  • Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

    2 Samuel 22:51

    • לִמְשִׁיח֛וֹlimshichopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to anointed his
  • These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

    2 Samuel 23:1

    • מְשִׁ֙יחַ֙meshiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: anointed of

1 Chronicles

one use
  • ‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’

    1 Chronicles 16:22

    • בִּמְשִׁיחָ֔יbimshichaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in anointed my

2 Chronicles

one use
  • O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”

    2 Chronicles 6:42

    • מְשִׁיחֶ֑יךָmeshicheikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: anointed your

Psalms

ten uses
  • The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

    Psalms 2:2

    • מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃meshichonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anointed his
  • Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

    Psalms 18:50

    • לִמְשִׁיח֗וֹlimshichopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to anointed his
  • Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.

    Psalms 20:6

    • מְשִׁ֫יח֥וֹmeshichonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anointed his
  • The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

    Psalms 28:8

    • מְשִׁיח֣וֹmeshichonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anointed his
  • Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.

    Psalms 84:9

    • מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃meshichekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: anointed your
  • Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.

    Psalms 89:38

    • מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃meshichekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: anointed your
  • how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

    Psalms 89:51

    • מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃meshichekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: anointed your
  • “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

    Psalms 105:15

    • בִמְשִׁיחָ֑יvimshichaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in anointed my
  • For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.

    Psalms 132:10

    • מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃meshichekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: anointed your
  • There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

    Psalms 132:17

    • לִמְשִׁיחִֽי׃limshichipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: for anointed my

Isaiah

one use
  • This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

    Isaiah 45:1

    • לִמְשִׁיחוֹ֮limshichopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to anointed his

Lamentations

one use
  • The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

    Lamentations 4:20

    • מְשִׁ֣יחַmeshiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: anointed of

Daniel

two uses
  • Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.

    Daniel 9:25

    • מָשִׁ֣יחַmashiachnoun · masculine singulartagged: an anointed
  • Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

    Daniel 9:26

    • מָשִׁ֖יחַmashiachnoun · masculine singulartagged: an anointed

Habakkuk

one use
  • You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah

    Habakkuk 3:13

    • מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָmeshichekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: anointed your

The letters

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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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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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