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GreekG0218Verb

ἀλείφω

aleiphō

8Occurrences
G0218Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to oil (with perfume)

from G1 (Α) (as particle of union) and the base of G3045 (λιπαρός);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to anoint, festally or in homage: with accusative of thing(s) or of person(s),; before dative, ἐλαίῳ,; μύρῳ.
Synonyms
χρίω, *μυρίζω *(against the distinction made bet. ἀ. and χ. in Tr., Syn., § 38, see MM, VGT, ἀ.)
LXX: (מָשַׁח), ff. (טוּחַ), Dan LXX TH (סוּךְ), *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἀλείφω appears 8 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
2
Luke
2
Mark
2
James
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

James 5:14BSB

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.

John 11:2BSB

(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)

John 12:3BSB

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.

Luke 7:38BSB

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.

Luke 7:46BSB

You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.