noun · neuter
chrismem
Strong’sG5545
an anointing
stem chrism-3 times in the New Testament1 of 6 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.
χρίσμα (T, χρῖσμα, as in cl.; v. Tdf., Pr., 102; Bl., § 4, 2), -τος, το
(< χρίω),
[in LXX for מִשְׁחָה and cogn. forms (Ex 29:7, al.);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5545 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhris'-mah
an unguent or smearing, i.e. (figuratively) the special endowment ("chrism") of the Holy Spirit
Fromfrom G5548;
King Jamesanointing, unction.
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
(χρίω) later form for χρῖμα (which see), found in codices of Refs 5th c.BC+
II anointing, unction, LXX+2nd c.AD+
II.2 in “NT” of spiritual grace, χρῖσμα ἔχετε ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου NT
III coating of wall, plaster, Refs 1st c.BC+
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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | chrismem2×χρῖσμα | chrismeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | chrismeu | chrismeiu |
| to, for dative | chrisme | chrismei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
chrisme 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
chrismem“anointing”subject or objectdirect singular2×
1 John 2:27kai vis tem chrismem hem labava apo autou menatō en …And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in …
1 John 2:27… didaskateiō vin; alla hōs tem autou chrismem didaskatō vin peri panteiu, kai alēthem …… just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so …
chrismem1×
1 John 2:20kai vis chrismem echavō apo tou hagiou kai oidavē …You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all …