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/mkjv'>Ex 29:7,29; Le 4:3; Jg 9:8; 1Sa 9:16; 15/type/mkjv'>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 you shall take the anointing oil, and pour on his head, and anoint him.
And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed in them and consecrated in them.
Take also to you principal spices, five hundred shekels of pure myrrh, and half as much of sweet cinnamon, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet calamus, and five hundred of cassia, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. read more. And you shall make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil. And you shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony,
And you shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense, read more. and the altar of burnt offerings with all its vessels, and the laver and its foot. And you shall sanctify them so that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy. And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them, so that they may minister to Me in the priest's office. And you shall speak to the sons of Israel saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. It shall not be poured upon man's flesh, neither shall you make any other like it, according to the way it is made. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
if the priest who is anointed sins, resulting in guilt to the people, then he shall bring for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bull, a son of the herd without blemish, to Jehovah for a sin offering.
The trees went forth to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, Reign over us.
You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.
and wine cheers the heart of man, and oil makes his face shine, and bread sustains the heart of man.
It is like the precious ointment on the head that ran down on the beard, Aaron's beard, that went down to the mouth of his garments;
to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness; so that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that He might be glorified.
and sat on a stately bed with a table prepared before it, on which you set My incense and My oil.
But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
And they cast out many demons, and anointed many who were sick with oil, and healed them.
She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for the burying.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James and Salome, had bought sweet spices so that they might come and anoint Him.
And they returned and they prepared spices and ointment. And they rested on the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Then Mary took a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with 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 you shall anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them, so that they may minister to Me in the priest's office.
And you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle, and all in it, and shall sanctify it and all the vessels of it. And it shall be holy. And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar. And it shall be a most holy altar.
And you shall put the holy garments on Aaron, and anoint him and sanctify him, so that he may minister to Me in the priest's office.
And when anyone will offer a food offering to Jehovah, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it.
And if you bring a sacrifice of a food offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
And of the rest of the oil in his hand, the priest shall put on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the trespass offering. And the rest of the oil in the priest's palm he shall pour on the head of him that is to be cleansed. And the priest shall make an atonement for him before Jehovah.
You shall have olive trees throughout all your coasts, but you shall not anoint with the oil, for your olive shall drop off its fruit.
Therefore wash yourself, and anoint yourself, and put your clothing upon you, and go down to the floor. Do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
And Joab sent to Tekoah and brought a wise woman from there. And he said to her, Please pretend yourself to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes now, and do not anoint yourself with oil. But be like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
And you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.
But You shall lift up my horn as the wild ox; and I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
saying, Touch not my anointed, and do My prophets no harm.
And it shall be, in that day his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
I ate no food for delight, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.
You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint yourself with oil; and sweet wine, but shall not drink wine.
And he said, These are the two sons of fresh oil who stand by Jehovah of the whole earth.
But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
And they cast out many demons, and anointed many who were sick with oil, and healed them.
She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for the burying.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James and Salome, had bought sweet spices so that they might come and anoint Him.
You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with ointment.
Then Mary took a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
But the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true and no lie, and as He has taught you, abide in Him.
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God 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 you anointed the pillar, where you vowed a vow to Me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your kindred.
And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed in them and consecrated in them.
And you shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense, read more. and the altar of burnt offerings with all its vessels, and the laver and its foot.
And you shall anoint them, even as you anointed their father, so that they may minister to Me in the priest's office. For their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood for their generations.
if the priest who is anointed sins, resulting in guilt to the people, then he shall bring for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bull, a son of the herd without blemish, to Jehovah for a sin offering.
And the priest whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement and shall put on the linen clothes, the holy garments.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he set apart to minister as priests.
You shall have olive trees throughout all your coasts, but you shall not anoint with the oil, for your olive shall drop off its fruit.
Therefore wash yourself, and anoint yourself, and put your clothing upon you, and go down to the floor. Do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin. And you shall anoint him to be leader over My people Israel, so that he may save My people out of the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked on My people because their cry has come to Me.
And Samuel took a vial of oil and poured on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because Jehovah has anointed you for a leader over His inheritance?
And you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
saying, Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers plot together, against Jehovah and against His anointed, saying,
saying, Touch not my anointed, and do My prophets no harm.
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is on Me; because Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Know therefore and understand, that from the going out of the command to restore and to build Jerusalem, to Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. The street shall be built again, and the wall, even in times of affliction. And after sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself. And the people of the ruler who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. And the end of it shall be with the flood, and ruins are determined, until the end shall be war.
You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint yourself with oil; and sweet wine, but shall not drink wine.
And they cast out many demons, and anointed many who were sick with oil, and healed them.
You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with ointment.
And John bore record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from Heaven like a dove, and He abode on Him. And I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water, that One said to me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon Him, He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being translated, the Christ).
For truly, against Your holy child Jesus, whom You have anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and the people of Israel, were gathered together
But Saul increased the more in strength and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this One is the Christ.
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and He went about doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the Devil, for God was with Him.
And according to Paul's custom, he went in to them and reasoned with them out of the Scriptures on three sabbaths, opening and setting forth that Christ must have suffered, and to have risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is Christ.
And he reasoned in the synagogue on every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.
For he mightily confuted the Jews publicly, proving by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
But He confirming us and anointing us with you in Christ is God.
Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.