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HebrewH4888Noun (Feminine)

מִשְׁחָה

mish.chah

24Occurrences
H4888Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

unction (the act); by implication, a consecratory gift

or מׇשְׁחָה; from H4886 (מָשַׁח);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. ointment (used to consecrate by anointing) 2) anointing portion

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

מִשְׁחָה appears 24 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
14
Leviticus
8
Numbers
2

Key Passages

Exodus 25:6BSB

olive oil for the light;spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

Exodus 30:25BSB

Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.

Exodus 35:15BSB

the altar of incense with its poles;the anointing oil and fragrant incense;the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;

Exodus 40:9BSB

Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.

Leviticus 21:12BSB

He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

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