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STRONGS NUMBER H4899
Transliteration: mashiach
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-shee'-akh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: anointed
Meaning: anointed, a consecrated person, the Messiah
Word Summary
mashiach: anointed
Original Word: מָשִׁיחַTransliteration: mashiach
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-shee'-akh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: anointed
Meaning: anointed, a consecrated person, the Messiah
Strong's Concordance
anointed, Messiah From mashach; anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah -- anointed, Messiah.
see HEBREW mashach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4899. mashiach
מָשִׁיחַ noun masculine anointed; — absolute ׳מ Leviticus 4:3 5t.; construct מְשִׁיחַ Lamentations 4:20 11t.; suffix מְשִׁיחִי Psalm 132:17; 1 Samuel 2:35; מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ Habakkuk 3:13 5t; מְשִׁיחוֺ Psalm 2:2 9t.; plural suffix מְשִׁיחָ֑י105:15; 1 Chronicles 16:22; —
1 king of Israel anointed by divine command, ׳מ יהוה 1 Samuel 24:7 (twice in verse); 24:11; 26:9, 11, 16, 23; 2 Samuel 1:14; 1:16; 19:22; Lamentations 4:20; ׳מ עַקב אלהי 2 Samuel 23:1; so with suffixes reference to ׳י, 1 Samuel 12:3, 5; 16:6; Psalm 20:7; 28:8; Habakkuk 3:13; Davidic dynasty with Messianic ideals attached Psalm 2:2; Psalm 18:51, = 2 Samuel 22:51; Psalm 89:39; 89:52; 132:10 2 Chronicles 6:42; Psalm 132:17; 1 Samuel 2:10, 35.
2 high priest of Israel, הַמָּשִׁיחַ הַכֹּהֵן, Leviticus 4:3, 5, 16; 6:15 (P); מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ Psalm 84:10.
3 Cyrus as commissioned by מְשִׁיחוֺ ׳י, Isaiah 45:1.
4 Messianic prince, נָגִיד עַדמָֿשִׁיחַ Daniel 9:25 = מָשִׁיחַ 9:26 (see BrMP 422 f.; others distinguished ׳מ 9:25 from 9:26 and refer 9:25 to Cyrus [as
3; so Ew see Leng Schü Co Behrm], or high priest Joshua [as
2; so Gr Bev], Daniel 9:26 to Seleucus IV [Ew see Leng], or high priest Onias III. [Hi Gr Co Bev Behrm]).
5 patriarchs, regarded as anointed kings Psalm 105:15 = 1 Chronicles 16:22.