χρίσις
anointing
Where this word appears
A sample of passages — one per book it occurs in — where χρίσις appears in the Greek Septuagint (of 15 total occurrences). Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 29:21 χρίσις And you shall take of the blood from the altar, and of the anointing oil; and you shall sprinkle it upon Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons' garments with him; and he shall be sanctified and his apparel, and his sons and his sons' apparel with him: but the blood of the ram you shall pour round about upon the altar.
- Exodus 30:31 χρίσις And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be to you a holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
- Exodus 31:11 χρίσις and the anointing oil and the compound incense of the sanctuary; according to all that I have commanded you shall they make them.
- Exodus 35:28 χρίσις and the compounds both for the anointing oil, and the composition of the incense.
- Exodus 38:25 χρίσις He made the holy anointing oil and the composition of the incense, the pure work of the perfumer.
- Exodus 39:15 χρίσις and the ark of the covenant, and its bearers, and the altar and all its furniture.
- Numbers 4:16 χρίσις Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer—the oil of the light, and the incense of composition, and the daily meat-offering and the anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the works.
- Psalms 151:4 χρίσις He sent forth his angel, and took me from my father's sheep, and he anointed me with the oil of his anointing.
About this word
About this word
χρίσις (chrísis), “anointing,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 15 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
