χρίω

χρίω

to anoint (Hom., al.);

[in LXX chiefly for מָשַׁח of consecration to a sacred office: priest, 2 Mos 28,41 prophet, 1 Kong 19,16 king, 1 Sam 10,1 of things, 2 Mos 40,9, 3 Mos 8,10, al.].

In NT, metaphorically, of God's anointing,

(a) Christ: ApG 4,27 with inf., Luk 4,18 (LXX); with dupl. accusative (see B1., § 34, 4), Hebr 1,9 (LXX); πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, ApG 10,38

(b) Christians: 2 Kor 1,21 (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 73) (cf. ἐν-, ἐπι-Χριω).†

SYN: see: ἀλείφω