ἀλείφω

ἀλείφω

(cf. λίπος, oil), [in LXX: 1 Mos 31,13, 2 Mos 40,15, 4 Mos 3,3 (מָשַׁח), Ezk 13,10 ff. (טוּחַ), Rut 3,3, 2 Sam 12,20; 14,2, 2 Kong 4,2, 2 Kron 28,15, Mik 6,15, Dan LXX TH Dan 10,3 (סוּךְ), Est 2,12, Jdt 16,8 * ;]

to anoint, festally or in homage: with accusative of thing(s) or of person(s), Matt 6,17, Joh 12,3, Mark 16,1; before dative, ἐλαίῳ, Mark 6,13, Jak 5,14; μύρῳ, Luk 7,38, 46, Joh 11,2.†

SYN.: χρίω, μυρίζω (against the distinction made bet. ἀ. and χ. in Tr., Syn., § 38, see MM, VGT, see word, ἀ.)