Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
KJV Usage: anoint, paint
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָשַׁח (ma.shach) — to anoint. 1) to smear, anoint, spread a liquid 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to smear 1a2) to anoint (as consecration) 1a3) to anoint, consecrate 1b) (Niphal) to be anointed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִשְׁחָה · מָשְׁחָה · מָשִׁיחַ · מִמְשַׁח
Rub | verb qal, verb nif
to spread, to apply, to rub, to oil, to paint, to anoint = causative action by which humans apply a liquid like oil or paint to an object by pouring or rubbing ► for the purpose of cleaning, preserving, beautifying, eating, or for consecrating for religious service
GEN 31:13 · EXO 29:2 · EXO 29:36 · EXO 30:26 · EXO 40:9 · EXO 40:10 · EXO 40:11 · LEV 2:4 · LEV 7:12 · LEV 8:10 · LEV 8:11 · NUM 6:15 · NUM 7:1 · NUM 7:1 · NUM 7:10 · NUM 7:84 · NUM 7:88 · ISA 21:5 · JER 22:14 · DAN 9:24 · AMO 6:6
Role | verb qal, verb nif
to anoint = causative action by which someone in authority confers the office of priest, king, or prophet on another person, by pouring oil on that person's head
EXO 28:41 · EXO 29:7 · EXO 30:30 · EXO 40:13 · EXO 40:15 · EXO 40:15 · LEV 6:13 · LEV 7:36 · LEV 8:12 · LEV 16:32 · NUM 3:3 · NUM 35:25 · JDG 9:8 · JDG 9:15 · 1SA 9:16 · 1SA 10:1 · 1SA 15:1 · 1SA 15:17 · 1SA 16:3 · 1SA 16:12 · 1SA 16:13 · 2SA 2:4 · 2SA 2:7 · 2SA 3:39 · 2SA 5:3 · 2SA 5:17 · 2SA 12:7 · 2SA 19:11 · 1KI 1:34 · 1KI 1:39 · 1KI 1:45 · 1KI 5:15 · 1KI 19:15 · 1KI 19:16 · 1KI 19:16 · 2KI 9:3 · 2KI 9:6 · 2KI 9:12 · 2KI 11:12 · 2KI 23:30 · 1CH 11:3 · 1CH 14:8 · 1CH 29:22 · 2CH 22:7 · 2CH 23:11 · PSA 45:8 · PSA 89:21 · ISA 61:1
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָשַׁח vb. smear, anoint Qal smear, house with colour (paint)
anoint, as consecration, solemn setting apart to an office, always by use of oil poured on the head
anoint, consecrate to religious service
Niph. be anointed
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