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Lexicon :: Strong's G218 - aleiphō

Aa
ἀλείφω
Transliteration
aleiphō (Key)
Pronunciation
al-i'-fo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as particle of union) and the base of λιπαρός (G3045)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:229,37

Trench's Synonyms: xxxviii. ἔλαιον, μύρον (χρίω, ἀλείφω).

Strong’s Definitions

ἀλείφω aleíphō, al-i'-fo; from G1 (as particle of union) and the base of G3045; to oil (with perfume):—anoint.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G218 in the following manner: anoint (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G218 in the following manner: anoint (9x).
  1. to anoint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀλείφω aleíphō, al-i'-fo; from G1 (as particle of union) and the base of G3045; to oil (with perfume):—anoint.
STRONGS G218:
ἀλείφω: imperfect ἤλειφον; 1 aorist ἤλειψα; 1 aorist middle imperative ἄλειψαι; [allied with λίπος, grease; cf. Curtius, § 340; Vanicek, p. 811; Peile, p. 407; from Homer down]; to anoint: τινά or τί, Mark 16:1; John 12:3; τινά or τί τινι [Winer's Grammar, 227 (213)], as ἐλαίῳ, Luke 7:46a; Mark 6:13; James 5:14; μύρῳ, John 11:2; Luke 7:38, 46b; middle, Matthew 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 Anoint, etc. Synonyms: "ἀλείφειν is the mundane and profane, χρίειν the sacred and religious, word." Trench, § 38. Compare: ἐξαλείφω].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:17
Mark
6:13; 16:1
Luke
7:38; 7:46; 7:46
John
11:2; 12:3
James
5:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G218 matches the Greek ἀλείφω (aleiphō),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - “But you, when you fast, G3522 anoint G218 your head G2776 and wash G3538 your face G4383
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:13 - And they were casting G1544 out many G4183 demons G1140 and were anointing G218 with oil G1637 many G4183 sick G732 people G732 and healing G2323 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:1 - When the Sabbath G4521 was over, G1230 Mary G3137 Magdalene, G3094 and Mary G3137 the mother of [fn]James, G2385 and Salome, G4539 bought G59 spices, G759 so G2443 that they might come G2064 and anoint G218 Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - and standing G2476 behind G3694 Him at His feet, G4228 weeping, G2799 she began G757 to wet G1026 His feet G4228 with her tears, G1144 and kept wiping G1591 them with the hair G2359 of her head, G2776 and kissing G2705 His feet G4228 and anointing G218 them with the perfume. G3464
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:46 - “You did not anoint G218 My head G2776 with oil, G1637 but she anointed G218 My feet G4228 with perfume. G3464
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:2 - It was the Mary G3137 who anointed G218 the Lord G2962 with ointment, G3464 and wiped G1591 His feet G4228 with her hair, G2359 whose G3739 brother G80 Lazarus G2976 was sick. G770
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:3 - Mary G3137 then G3767 took G2983 a [fn]pound G3046 of very G4186 costly G4186 perfume G3464 of pure G4101 nard, G3487 and anointed G218 the feet G4228 of Jesus G2424 and wiped G1591 His feet G4228 with her hair; G2359 and the house G3614 was filled G4137 with the fragrance G3744 of the perfume. G3464
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14 - Is anyone G5100 among G1722 you sick? G770 Then he must call G4341 for the elders G4245 of the church G1577 and they are to pray G4336 over G1909 him, [fn]anointing G218 him with oil G1637 in the name G3686 of the Lord; G2962
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