Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
anointing
Usage: 1) ointment (used to consecrate by anointing) 2) anointing portion
Mishchah means “ointment” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4888 — syndoxazo (“glorify together”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4888 הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mishchah (meesh-khaw') (or moshchah {mosh-khaw'}) n-f. 1. unction (the act) 2. (by implication) a consecratory gift It has 24 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include anointing, anointed, and anoint. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
mishchah (meesh-khaw') (or moshchah {mosh-khaw'}) n-f. 1. unction (the act) 2. (by implication) a consecratory gift [from H4886] KJV: (to be) anointed(-ing), ointment. Root(s): H4886
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anointing
Usage: 1) ointment (used to consecrate by anointing) 2) anointing portion
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's H4888, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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24 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4888.
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4888, grouped by book.
Mishchah (Strong's H4888) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "ointment". mishchah (meesh-khaw') (or moshchah {mosh-khaw'}) n-f. 1. unction (the act) 2. (by implication) a consecratory gift
This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H4888 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4888 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as anointing, anointed, and anoint. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.