Lexical Summary enchriō: to rub in (oil) Original Word: ἐγχρίωTransliteration: enchriō Phonetic Spelling: (eng-khree'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to rub in (oil) Meaning: to rub in (oil) Strong's Concordance anoint. From en and chrio; to rub in (oil), i.e. Besmear -- anoint. see GREEK en see GREEK chrio Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1472: ἐγχρίωἐγχρίω (see ἐν, III. 3): 1 aorist active imperative ἐγχρῖσον, middle (in T Tr) ἐνχρισαι (but L WH 1 aorist active infinitive ἐνχρισαι, (Griesbach ἐγχρῖσαι; cf. Veitch, under the word χρίω, at the end)); to rub in, besmear, anoint; middle to anoint for oneself: τούς ὀφθαλμούς, Revelation 3:18 (cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) 149f, 131); Winer's Grammar, § 32, 4 a.). (Tobit 6:9 Tobit 11:7; Strabo, Anthol., Epictetus, others.) |
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