מָשַׁח
mâshach · maw-shakh'
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
- to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint
- by implication, to consecrate
- also, to paint
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: anoint, paint.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › to separate and protect
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָשַׁח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
70 occurrences · 70 OT · 0 NT · 57 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and anointed8 · 14%
- and thou shalt anoint7 · 12%
- anointed6 · 10%
- and anoint5 · 9%
- hath anointed3 · 5%
- anoint3 · 5%
- i have anointed3 · 5%
- that it was anointed2 · 3%
- have anointed2 · 3%
- and they anointed2 · 3%
- that they had anointed2 · 3%
- shalt thou anoint2 · 3%
- where thou anointedst1 · 2%
- with him; and shalt anoint1 · 2%
- for it, and thou shalt anoint1 · 2%
- them, as thou didst anoint1 · 2%
- when he is anointed1 · 2%
- that he anointed1 · 2%
- whom he shall anoint1 · 2%
- which were anointed1 · 2%
- and had anointed1 · 2%
- thereof, and had anointed1 · 2%
- when it was anointed1 · 2%
- which was anointed1 · 2%
- on a time to anoint1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.