The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

χρίω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaχρίω
Citation formχρίω
Part of speechverb
GlossI anoint
Strong’sG5548
Transliterationchríō
Definitionto smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service
KJV glosses:--anoint.
Derivationprobably akin to through the idea of contact
SBLGNT occurrences5

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἔχρισας
verb, second person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2AAI-S--) — Acts 4:27
ἔχρισέν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Luke 4:18
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Hebrews 1:9
ἔχρισεν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Acts 10:38
χρίσας
verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -AAPNSM-) — 2 Corinthians 1:21

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: χριω.