What does χρίω (chríō) mean in the Bible?
χρίω (chríō): Divine consecration to sacred office or empowerment by God's Spirit, not merely cosmetic anointing
Greek · G5548
χρίω
To anoint
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χρίω G5548
Pronunciation chríō
What does χρίω (chríō) mean in the Bible?
χρίω (chríō): Divine consecration to sacred office or empowerment by God's Spirit, not merely cosmetic anointing
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5548?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include anointed (1), has anointed (1), He anointed (1), He has anointed (1), You anointed (1).
Where does χρίω (chríō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 4:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 2 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It anointed 1× Acts 10:38
has anointed 1× Hebrews 1:9
He anointed 1× 2 Corinthians 1:21
He has anointed 1× Luke 4:18
You anointed 1× Acts 4:27
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 4:18 ἔχρισέν to He has anointed Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Acts 4:27 ἔχρισας to You anointed Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Acts 10:38 ἔχρισεν to anointed Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 2 Corinthians 1:21 χρίσας to He anointed Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Hebrews 1:9 ἔχρισέν to has anointed Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 4:18
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Luke 1 Acts 2 2 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἔχρισέν 2x echrisen Luke 4:18, Hebrews 1:9
ἔχρισας 1x echrisas Acts 4:27
ἔχρισεν 1x echrisen Acts 10:38
χρίσας 1x chrisas 2 Corinthians 1:21
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 3x Luke 4:18, Acts 10:38, Hebrews 1:9
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular 1x Acts 4:27
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 1:21
Evidence Summary
Messiah
Greek word. Divine consecration to sacred office or empowerment by God's Spirit, not merely cosmetic anointing
Strong's G5548
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 4:14–30 Source Gloss
to anoint
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Divine consecration to sacred office or empowerment by God's Spirit, not merely cosmetic anointing
to anoint (Hom., al.); [in LXX chiefly for מָשַׁח of consecration to a sacred office: priest, Exo.28:41; prophet, 3Ki.19:16; king, 1Ki.10:1; of things, Exo.40:9, Lev.8:10, al.]. In NT, metaphorically, of God's anointing,
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 4:18 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἔχρισέ ecrisen
I anoint
Read verse Acts 4:27 Verb Second Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἔχρισας, ecrisav
I anoint
Read verse Acts 10:38 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἔχρισεν ecrisen
I anoint
Read verse 2 Corinthians 1:21 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
χρίσας crisav
I anoint
Read verse Hebrews 1:9 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἔχρισέ ecrisen
I anoint
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 5 Tenses Aorist Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Aorist Active Luke 4:18 · Acts 10:38 · Heb 1:9 · Acts 4:27 4×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active 2 Cor 1:21 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 5
Voice
active 5
Mood
indicative 4 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
anointed
Additional Occurrences
Luke 4:16–21 ἔχρισέν chríō
Anointed
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
χρίω is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Affirms Jesus’ messianic identity. Luke 4:14–30
Canonical Themes
Messiah
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain