Quick Definition
I anoint
Strong's Definition
to oil (with perfume)
Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as particle of union) and the base of G3045 (λιπαρός);
KJV Usage: anoint
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλείφω: imperfect ἤλειφον; 1 aorist ἤλειψα; 1 aorist middle imperative ἄλειψαί; (allied with λίπος, grease; cf. Curtius, § 340; Vanicek, p. 811; Peile, p. 407; from Homer down); to anoint: τινα or τί, Mar_16:1; Joh_12:3; τινα or τί τίνι (Winer's Grammar, 227 (213)), as ἐλαίῳ, Luk_7:46{a} ; Mar_6:13; Jas_5:14; μύρῳ, Joh_11:2; Luk_7:38; Luk_7:46{b} ; middle, Mat_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 , etc. [SYNONYMS: "ἀλείφειν is the mundane and profane, χρίειν the sacred and religious, word." Trench, § 38: Compare: ἐξαλείφω].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀλείφω aleiphō 9x
to anoint with oil or ointment anoint.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀλείφω
( cf. λίπος , oil ),
[in LXX : Gen_31:13 , Exo_40:15 , Num_3:3 ( H4886 ), Eze_13:10 ff . ( H2902 ), Rth_3:3 , 2Sa_12:20 ; 2Sa_14:2 , 2Ki_4:2 , 2Ch_28:15 , Mic_6:15 , Da LXX TH Dan_10:3 ( H5480 ), Ezr_2:12 , Jdt_16:8 * ;]
to anoint , festally or in homage: c . acc rei or pers ., Mat_6:17 , Joh_12:3 , Mar_16:1 ; seq . dat ., ἐλαίῳ , Mar_6:13 , Jas_5:14 ; μύρῳ , Luk_7:38 ; Luk_7:46 , Joh_11:2 .†
SYN.: χρίω G5548 , μυρίζω G3462 (against the distinction made bet. ἀ . and χ . in Tr., Syn. , § 38, v. MM , VGT , s.v. , ἀ .).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀλείφω [page 21]
Passim in papyri, e.g. P Fay 121 6 ( c. A.D. 100) ὃ καὶ ἀλείψεις ἐπιμελῶς , which you will carefully grease, of a yoke-band. We find statues (ἀνδριάντες ) the objects in BGU II. 362 vii. 16, x. 17 (A.D. 215). In P Oxy III. 528 .10 f. (ii/A.D.) a man, whose wife had gone away, writes to her that since they had bathed together a month before, he had never bathed nor anointed himself οὐκ ἐλουσάμην οὐκ ἤλιμε ( l. ἤλειμμαι ). A curiously spelt perfect ἐνήλεπα from ἐναλείφω is found in a somewhat similar connexion in P Oxy II. 294 15 (A.D. 22). Cf. also a third-century inscription in honour of a gymnasiarch, φιλοτίμως ἀλείφοντι (Milne JHS 1901, p. 284), noted by the editors on P Oxy III. 473 3 (A.D. 138 60), where we find the substantive ἄλειμμα . Cf. also OGIS 59 .16 (iii/B.C.) ὅπως ἔχωσιν εἴς τε τὰς θυσίας καὶ τὸ ἄλειμμα δαπανᾶν . For the phrase free from erasure cf. BGU II. 666 .31 (A.D. 177) ἐστὶν δὲ καθαρὸν ἀπὸ ἀλείφατος καὶ ἐπιγραφῆς : cf. P Ryl II. 163 .17 (A.D. 139). As against the contention that ἀλείφω is the mundane and profane and χρίω the sacred and religious word (Trench), see P Petr II. 25 ( a ) 13 , where χρίσιν is used of the lotion for a sick horse.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀλείφω [Etym: From Root !lip, with α prefixed, v. λίπος] "to anoint with oil, oil" the skin, as was done after bathing, or before gymnastic exercises, the Act. referring to the act of another, Mid. to oneself, Il. ; often with λίπα added (v. λίπα):— metaph. "to prepare as if for gymnastics, to stimulate", Plat. , etc. like ἐπαλείφω, "to plaster", οὔατα ἀλεῖψαι "to stop up" the ears, Od.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀλείφω
(cf. λίπος, oil), [in LXX: Gen.31:13, Exo.40:15, Num.3:3 (מָשַׁח), Eze.13:10 ff. (טוּחַ), Rut.3:3, 2Ki.12:20 14:2, 4Ki.4:2, 2Ch.28:15, Mic.6:15, Dan LXX TH Dan.10:3 (סוּךְ), Est.2:12, Jdth.16:8 * ;]
to anoint, festally or in homage: with accusative of thing(s) or of person(s), Mat.6:17, Jhn.12:3, Mrk.16:1; before dative, ἐλαίῳ, Mrk.6:13, Jas.5:14; μύρῳ, Luk.7:38, 46, Jhn.11:2.†
SYN.: χρίω, μυρίζω (against the distinction made bet. ἀ. and χ. in Tr., Syn., § 38, see MM, VGT, see word, ἀ.) (AS)