Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4886

מָשַׁח

ma.shach · “to anoint”

Used 69 times across 16 books

Definition

1) to smear, anoint, spread a liquid
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to smear
1a2) to anoint (as consecration)
1a3) to anoint, consecrate
1b) (Niphal) to be anointed

Where it appears

Genesis

1

Exodus

12

Leviticus

8

Numbers

8

Judges

2

1 Samuel

7

2 Samuel

7

1 Kings

7

2 Kings

5

1 Chronicles

3

2 Chronicles

2

Psalms

2

Isaiah

2

Jeremiah

1

Daniel

1

Amos

1

In the text

Genesis 31:13I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.Exodus 28:41And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.Exodus 29:2And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.Exodus 29:7Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.Exodus 29:36And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.Exodus 30:26And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,Exodus 30:30And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.Exodus 40:9And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.Exodus 40:10And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.Exodus 40:11And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

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