verb
enchriamō
Strong’sG1472
I rub in, anoint
stem enchri-once in the New Testament1 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.
ἐγ-χρίω,
[in LXX: Je 4:30 (קרע). To 2:10 6:8 11:7 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1472 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
anoint, ἀλείμμασιν ἑαυτόν NT+4th c.BC+:—middle, anoint oneself, ἰξοῦ Refs 1st c.BC+; ἐ. τὸ πρόσωπονRefs 4th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 1st c.AD+
II sting, prick, τινί Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, ἰὸς ἐγχρισθείς poison injected by a sting, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 stick in, τὸ κέντρον 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| enchriaraἐγχρῖσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | anoint | 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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | enchriamō | enchriame | enchriami | enchriama | enchriamē | enchriamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | enchriasō | enchriase | enchriasi | enchriasa | enchriasē | enchriaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enchriatō | enchriate | enchriati | enchriata | enchriatē | enchriatelē |
| we 1st person plural | enchrianō | enchriane | enchriani | enchriana | enchrianē | enchrianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | enchriavō | enchriave | enchriavi | enchriava | enchriavē | enchriavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | enchrialō | enchriale | enchriali | enchriala | enchrialē | enchrialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | enchriameiō | enchriameia | enchriameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | enchriaseiō | enchriaseia | enchriaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enchriateiō | enchriateia | enchriateiē |
| we 1st person plural | enchrianeiō | enchrianeia | enchrianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | enchriaveiō | enchriaveia | enchriaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | enchrialeiō | enchrialeia | enchrialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | enchriasōr | enchriasar | enchriasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enchriatōr | enchriatar | enchriatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | enchriavōr | enchriavar | enchriavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | enchrialōr | enchrialar | enchrialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | enchriamoiō | enchriamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | enchriasoiō | enchriasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enchriatoiō | enchriatoia |
| we 1st person plural | enchrianoiō | enchrianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | enchriavoiō | enchriavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | enchrialoiō | enchrialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | enchriarō | enchriari | enchriara1×ἐγχρῖσαι | enchriarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | enchriarōntos | enchriarintos | enchriarantos | enchriarēntos |
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
enchri 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
enchriara“anoint”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Revelation 3:18… aischunas tau gumnotau su, kai kollouriem enchriara toin ofthalmoin su hina blepaseiō.… nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may …