King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1472
Transliteration: enchriō
Phonetic Spelling: (eng-khree'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rub in (oil)
Meaning: to rub in (oil)
ἐγχρίω (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.)
Word 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.)