STRONGS G218:
ἀλείφω: imperfect
ἤλειφον; 1 aorist
ἤλειψα; 1 aorist middle imperative
ἄλειψαι; [allied with
λίπος, grease; cf. Curtius, § 340; Vanicek, p. 811; Peile, p. 407; from Homer down];
to anoint:
τινά or
τί,
Mark 16:1;
John 12:3;
τινά or
τί τινι [Winer's Grammar, 227 (213)], as
ἐλαίῳ,
Luke 7:46a;
Mark 6:13;
James 5:14;
μύρῳ,
John 11:2;
Luke 7:38,
46b; middle,
Matthew 6:17 (literally, 'anoint for thyself thy head,'
unge tibi caput tuum; cf. Winers Grammar, 257 (242); Buttmann, 192 (166f)). Cf.
Winers RWB under the word Salbe; [
B. D. or McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, under the word Anoint, etc. Synonyms: "
ἀλείφειν is the mundane and profane,
χρίειν the sacred and religious, word." Trench, § 38. Compare:
ἐξαλείφω].
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