verb
chriamō
Strong’sG5548
I anoint
stem chri-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
χρίω
[in LXX chiefly for משׁח of consecration to a sacred office: priest, Ex 28:41; prophet, III Ki 19:16; king, I Ki 10:1; of things, Ex 40:9, Le 8:10, al.].
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5548 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhree'-o
to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service
Fromprobably akin to G5530 through the idea of contact;
King Jamesanoint.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect imperfect χρῖον Refs 8th c.BC+: future χρίσω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἔχρῑσα Refs 8th c.BC+, Epic dialect χρῖσα Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect κέχρῑκα LXX:—middle, future χρίσομαι Refs 8th c.BC+aorist participle χρῑσάμενοςRefs 8th c.BC+:—passive, future χρισθήσομαι LXX: aorist ἐχρίσθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect κέχρῑμαι LXX+5th c.BC+pluperfect ἐκέχριστο falsa lectio in Refs 5th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. plural ἐκέχριντο Refs 3rd c.BC+. [Even in present and imperfect ι is long, Refs 8th c.BC+; χρῐει only in late Poets, as Refs 3rd c.BC+future and all other tenses ῑ without exception, whence the proper accent. is χρῖσαι, κεχρῖσθαι, χρῖσμα, etc.:—touch the surface of a body slightly, especially of the human body, graze, hence,
I rub, anoint with scented unguents or oil, as was done after bathing, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+; of a dead body, χρῖεν ἐλαίῳ Refs 8th c.BC+; anoint a suppliant, Refs; πέπλον χ. rub or infect with poison, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, anoint oneself, Refs 8th c.BC+ with accusative _of things_, ἰοὺς χρίεσθαι anoint (i. e. poison) one's arrows, Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, χρίεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου Refs 5th c.BC+; βακκάριδι κεχριμένος Magnes [same place]; συκαμίνῳ τὰς γνάθους κεχριμέναι Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 in LXX, anoint in token of consecration, χ. τινὰ εἰς βασιλέα LXX+NT
II wash with colour, coat, αἰγέαι κεχριμέναι ἐρευθεδάνῳ Refs 5th c.BC+; πίσσῃRefs 2nd c.BC+; ἀσφάλτῳ Refs 5th c.BC+; στοάν Refs 2nd c.AD+ —middle, τὸ σῶμα μίλτῳ χρίονται smear their bodies, Refs 5th c.BC+
III wound on the surface, puncture, prick, sting, of the gadfly in Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι χρισθεῖσ᾽Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| chriasaἔχρισας | happened · youaorist active indicative 2nd person singular | anointed | 1× |
| chriataἔχρισέν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | anointed | 3× |
| chriarantosχρίσας | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | anointed | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 4 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | chriamō | chriame | chriami | chriama | chriamē | chriamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | chriasō | chriase | chriasi | chriasa1×ἔχρισας | chriasē | chriaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | chriatō | chriate | chriati | chriata3×ἔχρισέν | chriatē | chriatelē |
| we 1st person plural | chrianō | chriane | chriani | chriana | chrianē | chrianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | chriavō | chriave | chriavi | chriava | chriavē | chriavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | chrialō | chriale | chriali | chriala | chrialē | chrialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | chriameiō | chriameia | chriameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | chriaseiō | chriaseia | chriaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | chriateiō | chriateia | chriateiē |
| we 1st person plural | chrianeiō | chrianeia | chrianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | chriaveiō | chriaveia | chriaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | chrialeiō | chrialeia | chrialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | chriasōr | chriasar | chriasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | chriatōr | chriatar | chriatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | chriavōr | chriavar | chriavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | chrialōr | chrialar | chrialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | chriamoiō | chriamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | chriasoiō | chriasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | chriatoiō | chriatoia |
| we 1st person plural | chrianoiō | chrianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | chriavoiō | chriavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | chrialoiō | chrialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | chriarō | chriari | chriara | chriarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | chriarōntos | chriarintos | chriarantos1×χρίσας | chriarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
chri is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
chriasa“anointed”happened · youaorist active indicative 2nd person singular1×
Acts 4:27… ton hagion paidon su Iēsun, hon chriasa, Hērōdos tē kai Pontios Pilatos sun …… Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
chriata“anointed”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular3×
Luke 4:18Pneumem kuriou epi min, heu heineken chriata min euangelizera ptōchoi, apostelatē min kērussara …… is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to …
Acts 10:38Iēsun ton apo Nazareth, hōs chriata auton tos theos pneume hagie kai …how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy …
Hebrews 1:9… dikaiosunan kai misasa anomian; dia houtem chriata sin tos theos, tos theos su, …… wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the …
chriarantos“anointed”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×
2 Corinthians 1:21… nin sun vi eis Christon kai chriarantos nin theos,… us and you in Christ. He anointed us,