“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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“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sig…”