Strong's Lexicon
G218 — αλείφω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G218 |
|---|---|
| Word: | αλείφω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as particle of union) and the base of G3045 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 9 |
| Transliteration: | aleipho |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | al-ei'-fo |
| Meaning: | 1. to rub with oil (or perfumed oil or ointment) |
| KJV Renderings: | anoint |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλείφω: imperfect ἤλειφον; 1 aorist ἤλειψα; 1 aorist middle imperative ἄλειψαί; (allied with λίπος, grease; cf. Curtius, § 340; Vanicek, p. 811; Peile, p. 407; from Homer down); to anoint: τινα or τί, Mar 16:1; Joh 12:3; τινα or τί τίνι (Winer’s Grammar, 227 (213)), as ἐλαίῳ, Luk 7:46{a}; Mar 6:13; Jas 5:14; μύρῳ, Joh 11:2; Luk 7:38; Luk 7:46{b}; middle, Mat 6:17 (literally, ’anoint for thyself thy head,’unge tibi caput tuum; cf. Winers Grammar, 257 (242); Buttmann, 192 (166f)). Cf. Winers RWB under the word Salbe; (B. D. or McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia, under the word , etc. [SYNONYMS: "ἀλείφειν is the mundane and profane, χρίειν the sacred and religious, word." Trench, § 38: Compare: ἐξαλείφω].
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀλείφω (anoint)
Matthew 6:17
- KJV: But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face
- GK: συ δε νηστεύων άλειψαί σου την κεφαλήν και το πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι
Mark 6:13
- KJV: And they cast out many devils and anointed with oil many that were sick and healed
- GK: και δαιμόνια πολλά εξέβαλλον και ήλειφον ελαίω πολλούς αρρώστους και εθεράπευον
Mark 16:1
- KJV: And when the sabbath was past Mary Magdalene and Mary the of James and Salome had bought sweet spices that they might come and anoint him
- GK: και διαγενομένου του σαββάτου Μαρία η Μαγδαληνή και Μαρία η του Ιακώβου και Σαλώμη ηγόρασαν αρώματα ίνα ελθούσαι αλείψωσι αυτόν
Luke 7:38
- KJV: And stood at his feet behind weeping and began to wash his feet with tears and did wipe with the hairs of her head and kissed his feet and anointed with the ointment
- GK: και στάσα παρά τους πόδας αυτού οπίσω κλαίουσα ήρξατο βρέχειν τους πόδας αυτού τοις δάκρυσι και ταις θριξί της κεφαλής αυτής εξέμασσε και κατεφίλει τους πόδας αυτού και ήλειφε τω μύρω
Luke 7:46
- KJV: My head with oil thou didst not anoint but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment
- GK: ελαίω την κεφαλήν μου ουκ ήλειψας αύτη δε μύρω ήλειψέ μου τους πόδας
John 11:2
- KJV: It was Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair whose brother Lazarus was sick
- GK: ην δε Μαρια η αλείψασα τον κύριον μύρω και εκμάξασα τους πόδας αυτού ταις θριξίν αυτής ης ο αδελφός Λάζαρος ησθένει
John 12:3
- KJV: Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard very costly and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment
- GK: η ούν Μαρία λαβούσα λίτραν μύρου νάρδου πιστικής πολυτίμου ήλειψε τους πόδας του Ιησού και εξέμαξε ταις θριξίν αυτής τους πόδας αυτού η δε οικία επληρώθη εκ της οσμής του μύρου
James 5:14
- KJV: Is any sick among you let him call for the elders of the church and let them pray over him anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord
- GK: ασθενεί τις εν υμίν προσκαλεσάσθω τους πρεσβυτέρους της εκκλησίας και προσευξάσθωσαν επ΄ αυτόν αλείψαντες αυτόν ελαίω εν τω ονόματι του κυρίου