“to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service”
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to anoint; in NT to anoint, by way of instituting to a dignity, function, or privilege, Lk. 4:18; Acts 4:27; 10:38; 2 Cor. 1:21; Heb. 1:9*
Translated in KJV as
Etymology
probably akin to G5530 (χράομαι) through the idea of contact;
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“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”