Reference: ANOINTING
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Was a custom in general use among the Hebrews and other oriental nations, and its omission was one sign of mourning, Isa 61:3. They anointed the hair, head, and beard, Ps 104:15; 133:2. At their feasts and rejoicings they anointed the whole body; but sometimes only the head or feet, Ps 23:5; Mt 6:17; Joh 12:3. It was a customary mark of respect to guests, /#Lu 7.38,46. The use of oil upon the skin was thought to be conducive to health. Anointing was then used, and is still, medicinally, Mr 6:13; Jas 5:14; but the miraculous cures thus wrought by the apostles furnish no warrant for the ceremony just before death called "extreme unction." The anointing of dead bodies was also practiced, to preserve them from corruption, Mr 14:8; 16:1; Lu 23:56. They anointed kings and high priests at their inauguration, 29/7/type/acv'>Ex 29:7,29; Le 4:3; Jg 9:8; 1Sa 9:16; 15/type/acv'>1Ki 19:15,15, as also the sacred vessels of the tabernacle and temple, Ex 30:26. This anointing of sacred persons and objects signified their being set apart and consecrated to the service of God; and the costly and fragrant mixture appointed for this purpose was forbidden for all others, Ex 30:23-33; Eze 23:41.
The custom of anointing with oil or perfume was also common among the Greeks and Romans; especially the anointing of guests at feasts and other entertainments.
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Then thou shall take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
And the holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.
Take thou also to thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. read more. And thou shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil. And thou shall anoint with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,
And thou shall anoint with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all the vessels of it, and the candlestick and the vessels of it, and the altar of incense, read more. and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels of it, and the laver and the base of it. And thou shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy. And thou shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office. And thou shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations. Upon the flesh of man it shall not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition of it. It is holy, [and] it shall be holy to you. Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bullock without blemish to LORD for a sin-offering.
The trees went forth a time to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
Thou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Thou have anointed my head with oil. My cup runs over.
and wine that makes glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.
It is like the precious oil upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, that came down upon the skirt of his garments,
to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of LORD, that
and sat upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou did set my incense and my oil.
But when thou fast, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
And they cast out many demons, and anointed many feeble men with olive oil, and healed them.
She applied what she had to anoint my body. She did it beforehand for the burial.
And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that having come, they might anoint him.
And having returned, they prepared spices and ointments. And they indeed rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
Mary therefore, after taking a pound of ointment of very costly genuine spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled of the aroma of the ointment.
Is any man weak among you? Let him summon the elders of the congregation, and let them pray near him, having anointed him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.
Morish
There are several Hebrew words thus translated, but some of them occur but once, as
1. In Ps 23:5, "Thou anointest my head with oil," signifying made fat, the oil used plentifully.
2. Ps 92:10, "I shall be anointed with fresh oil," from 'to pour over,' 'overflow with' oil.
3. Isa 10:27, "the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing (text obscure).
4. Zec 4:14, "these are the two anointed ones," lit. 'sons of oil,' cf. Re 11:4.
5. suk, 'to anoint the body after washing,' like ?????? in the N.T., is commonly used for the practice among the orientals of anointing the body, or its parts, for comfort, appearance, friendliness, healing, or burial. For the ordinary toilet cf. Ru 3:3; 2Sa 12:20; 2Ch 28:15; Mt 6:17. To neglect this was a sign of mourning 2Sa 14:2; Da 10:3. As an act of courtesy cf. Lu 7:46; Joh 12:3; the sick were also anointed, Mr 6:13; Jas 5:14; also the dead body, Mr 14:8; 16:1. One of the punishments on Israel was that the olives should not yield oil for the anointing. De 28:40; Mic 6:15.
6. mashach, ????, 'to spread over, to anoint' for an office, etc. Kings were anointed: Saul, David, Solomon, Joash, Jehu, and Hazael are examples. Prophets were anointed; for Ps 105:15 should read 'anointed ones;' and cf. 1Ki 19:16. Special oil made according to God's directions was used for the anointing of the priests. Ex 30:30; 40:13. With the same oil the tabernacle and its vessels were anointed. Ex 40:9-10. The meat offering was anointed with oil, Le 2:1,4, typical of the pure humanity of the Lord Jesus, and of His being sealed by the Holy Spirit. The cleansed leper was anointed with oil. Le 14:17-18.
Whether this last anointing refers to persons or things and whether the oil is that specially prepared or common oil, the sanctification and power of the Holy Spirit is invariably typified thereby. Anointing with oil for consecration to office is not now enjoined on believers, for they are anointed with the Holy Spirit, and are also priests to God. John reminds even the babes in Christ that they have an unction from the Holy One, and the anointing (the same word, ??????) abideth in them. 1Jo 2:20,27. Thus, as in the O.T., the kings, prophets, and priests were anointed as set apart for God, so the Christian is by the Holy Spirit sanctified for God, both as to his position and service. See THE ANOINTED.
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And thou shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
And thou shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shall hallow it, and all the furniture of it. And it shall be holy. And thou shall anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar. And the altar shall be most holy.
And thou shall put upon Aaron the holy garments, and thou shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
And when anyone offers an oblation of a meal-offering to LORD, his oblation shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense on it.
And when thou offer an oblation of a meal-offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand the priest shall put upon the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the t And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before LORD.
Thou shall have olive trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shall not anoint thyself with the oil, for thine olive shall drop off.
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor. But do not make thyself known to the man until he shall have done eating and drinking.
And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and do not anoint thyself with oil, but be as a woman who has a lon
And thou shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel. And thou shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to be prophet in thy place.
Thou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Thou have anointed my head with oil. My cup runs over.
But thou have exalted my horn like the wild ox's. I am anointed with fresh oil,
[saying], Touch not my anointed men, and do my prophets no harm.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of fatness.
I ate no pleasant bread. Neither flesh nor wine came into my mouth. Neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Thou shall sow, but shall not reap, thou shall tread the olives, but shall not anoint thee with oil, and the vintage, but shall not drink the wine.
Then he said, These are the two anointed ones, who stand by LORD of the whole earth.
But when thou fast, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
And they cast out many demons, and anointed many feeble men with olive oil, and healed them.
She applied what she had to anoint my body. She did it beforehand for the burial.
And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that having come, they might anoint him.
Thou did not anoint my head with olive oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment.
Mary therefore, after taking a pound of ointment of very costly genuine spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled of the aroma of the ointment.
Is any man weak among you? Let him summon the elders of the congregation, and let them pray near him, having anointed him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.
And ye have an anointing from the Holy, and ye know all the things.
And for you, the anointing that ye received from him abides in you, and ye have no need that any man teach you, but as the same anointing teaches you about all things, and is TRUE and is no lie, and just as it taught you, ye will a
These men are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, having stood before the Lord of the earth.
Smith
Anointing,
in Holy Scripture, is either, I. Material--with oil--or II. Spiritual--with the Holy Ghost. I. MATERIAL.--
1. Ordinary. Anointing the body or head with oil was a common practice with the Jews, as with other Oriental nations.
Anointing the head with oil or ointment seems also to have been a mark of respect sometimes paid by a host to his guests.
Lu 7:46
and Psal 23:5
2. Official. It was a rite of inauguration into each of the three typical offices of the Jewish commonwealth. a. Prophets were occasionally anointed to their office,
and were called messiahs, or anointed.
b. Priests, at the first institution of the Levitical priesthood, were all anointed to their offices,
but afterwards anointing seems to have been specially reserved for the high priest,
so that "the priest that is anointed,"
is generally thought to mean the high priest. c. Kings. Anointing was the principal and divinely-appointed ceremony in the inauguration of the Jewish Kings.
The rite was sometimes performed more than once. David was thrice anointed. d. Inanimate objects also were anointed with oil, in token of their being set apart for religious service. Thus Jacob anointed a pillar at Bethel. (
3. Ecclesiastical. Anointing with oil is prescribed by St. James to be used for the recovery of the sick.
Analogous to this is the anointing with oil practiced by the twelve.
II. SPIRITUAL.--
1. In the Old Testament a Deliverer is promised under the title of Messiah, or Anointed,
and the nature of his anointing is described to be spiritual, with the Holy Ghost.
see Luke 4:18 In the New Testament Jesus of Nazareth is shown to be the Messiah, or Christ or Anointed, of the Old Testament,
Joh 1:41; Ac 9:22; 17:2-3; 18:4,28
and the historical fact of his being anointed with the Holy Ghost is asserted and recorded.
Christ was anointed as prophet priest and king.
2. Spiritual anointing with the Holy Ghost is conferred also upon Christians by God.
Anointing expresses the sanctifying influences of the Holy Spirit upon Christians who are priests and kings unto God.
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I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointed a pillar, where thou vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return to the land of thy nativity.
And the holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.
And thou shall anoint with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all the vessels of it, and the candlestick and the vessels of it, and the altar of incense, read more. and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels of it, and the laver and the base of it.
and thou shall anoint them, as thou anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest's office. And their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bullock without blemish to LORD for a sin-offering.
And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father's stead, shall make the atonement. And he shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments,
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
Thou shall have olive trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shall not anoint thyself with the oil, for thine olive shall drop off.
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor. But do not make thyself known to the man until he shall have done eating and drinking.
Tomorrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. And he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines, for I have looked upon my pe
Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that LORD has anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance?
And thou shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel. And thou shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to be prophet in thy place.
[Saying], Touch not my anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],
[saying], Touch not my anointed men, and do my prophets no harm.
The Spirit of lord LORD is upon me, because LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, {and recovering of sight to the blind (LXX/NT)}, and
Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the anointed one, the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again, with street and moat, e And after the sixty-two weeks the anointed one shall be cut off, and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and the end of it shall be with a flood. And even to the
Thou shall sow, but shall not reap, thou shall tread the olives, but shall not anoint thee with oil, and the vintage, but shall not drink the wine.
And they cast out many demons, and anointed many feeble men with olive oil, and healed them.
Thou did not anoint my head with olive oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment.
And John testified, saying, I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained upon him. And I had not known him. But he who sent me to immerse in water, he said to me, Upon whomever thou will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, this is he who immerses in Holy Spirit.
This man first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
For in truth, against thy holy Boy Jesus, whom thou anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,
But Saul was strengthened more, and was confounding the Jews who dwell at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
Jesus of Nazareth--how God anointed him with Holy Spirit and with power, who passed through doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
And according to Paul's custom, he went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he discoursed with them from the Scriptures, explaining and pointing out that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead, and, This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.
And he was discoursing in the synagogue every Sabbath, and was persuading Jews and Greeks.
For he forcibly refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the scriptures Jesus to be the Christ.
Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and who anointed us, is God.
Is any man weak among you? Let him summon the elders of the congregation, and let them pray near him, having anointed him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.