מָשִׁיחַ
mâshîyach · maw-shee'-akh
anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4886 (מָשַׁח);
anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah
- anointed
- usually, a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint)
- specifically, the Messiah
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: anointed, Messiah.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the hand that works › to separate and protect
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָשִׁיחַ 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
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- anointed10 · 26%
- that is anointed4 · 10%
- of thine anointed4 · 10%
- to his anointed3 · 8%
- of his anointed2 · 5%
- the anointed2 · 5%
- not mine anointed2 · 5%
- with thine anointed2 · 5%
- mine anointed1 · 3%
- and before his anointed1 · 3%
- against you, and his anointed1 · 3%
- against him, seeing he is the anointed1 · 3%
- as though he had not been anointed1 · 3%
- and against his anointed1 · 3%
- his anointed1 · 3%
- for mine anointed1 · 3%
- unto the messiah1 · 3%
- shall messiah1 · 3%
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.