G2025: ἐπιχρίω (epichríō)

G2025 ἐπιχρίω (epichríō)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἐπιχρίω v. I spread on, anoint

Strong's Definition

from 1909 and 5548; to smear over

KJV Usage: anoint

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπιχρίω (G2025)

verb | χρίω

47.15 · Activities Involving Liquids or Masses · Application and Removal of Liquids or Masses

to put on, to smear on, to rub on, to anoint to smear or rub on substances such as salve or oil

JHN 9:6 · JHN 9:11

¹ It is possible that ἐγχρίω and ἐπιχρίω differ slightly in meaning in that ἐγχρίω refers primarily to smearing something in and ἐπιχρίω to smearing on, although both terms seem to be related to essentially the same process.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐπι-χρίω: 1 aor. ἐπέχρισα; to spread on, anoint: τὶ ἐπί τι, anything upon anything, Jn. ix. 6 [WH txt. Tr mrg. ἐπέθηκεν] ; τί, to anoint anything (sc. with anything), ibid. 11. (Hom. Od. 21,179; Leian. hist. serib. 62.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐπιχρίω epichriō 2x

to smear upon, to anoint, Jn. 9:6, 11*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἐπι-χρίω

[in Sm.: Ez 13:10 22:28 * ;]

to spread on, anoint: c. acc, Jo 9:11; id. seq. ἐπί, c. acc, Jo 9:6 (cf. MM, Exp., xiv).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐπιχρίω. A very striking parallel to the healing of the blind man in Jn 95 is afforded by an inscription probably from the temple of Asclepios at Rome after a.p. 138: Syl? 80715 Οὐαλἐρίῳ "Arpw στρατιώτῃ τυφλῷ ἐχρημάτισεν ὁ θεὸς ἐλθεῖν καὶ λαβεῖν αἷμα ἐξ ἀλεκτρυῶνος λευκοῦ μετὰ μέλιτος καὶ κολλυρίου συντρῖψαι καὶ ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐπιχρεῖσαι ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς" καὶ ἀνέβλεψεν καὶ ἐλήλυθεν καὶ ηὐχαρίστησεν δημοσίᾳ τῷ θεῷ, ‘‘ Valerius Aper, a blind soldier, was In Chrest. > , €TOTTNS warned of the god to come and take the blood of a white cock along with honey, and to mix together an eye-salve, and for three days to anoint the eyes with it. And he received his sight, and came, and gave thanks publicly to the god.” (For the tenses here note an exact parallel in Jas 174, and cf. Proleg. p. 1441.) See also P Leid X Vi. 36 (iti/iv A.D.) ὅμοιον yap εἶδος ἔχει τὸ ἐπιχρισθὲν ἢ γραφέν, which the editor explains ‘‘aes totum illinitum, aut literae, figuraeve in eo scalptae eamdem auri speciem offerunt.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπιχρίω (epichriō) — to rub on. ἐπι-χρίω [ῑ], anoint, besmear, ἐπιχρίοντες ἀλοιφῇ (i.e. τὸ τόξον) [Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, χρῶτ᾽ ἀπονίπτεσθαι καὶ ἐπιχρίεσθαι ἀλοιφῇ[Refs]

2. plaster over, τινι with a thing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. lay on ointment, μετὰ τὸ -χρισθῆναι [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κροτάφοις -χριόμενα variant in [NT+1st c.AD+]

II.2. absolutely, use for anointing, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]