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Strong's H4899 מָשִׁיחַ (mashiach)

Mashiach means “Messiah” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4899 — syneklektos (“elected together with”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4899
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 38
Books 10

Strong's H4899 Quick Answer

Strong's H4899 מָשִׁיַח (mashiyach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mashiyach (maw-shee'-akh) n-m. 1. anointed 2. usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint) It has 38 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include anointed and messiah. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mashiyach (maw-shee'-akh) n-m. 1. anointed 2. usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint)
Usage
38 linked usages
Books
10 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
anointed and messiah

Meaning and Definition

mashiyach (maw-shee'-akh) n-m. 1. anointed 2. usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint) 3. (specifically) the Messiah, the Anointed One [from H4886] KJV: anointed, Messiah. Root(s): H4886

Original Word
מָשִׁיַח
Transliteration
mashiyach
Derivation
Root: משׁח First root strongs: 4886
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4899. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

anointed

Usage: 1) anointed, anointed one 1a) of the Messiah, Messianic prince 1b) of the king of Israel 1c) of the high priest of Israel 1d) of Cyrus 1e) of the patriarchs as anointed kings

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How Strong's H4899 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mashiyach, 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.

anointed Leviticus 4:3 36× Messiah Daniel 9:25

How Strong's H4899 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 38 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4899 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4899 in the Old Testament

38 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Leviticus 4:3 KJV

If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

Leviticus 4:5 KJV

And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:

Leviticus 4:16 KJV

And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:

Usage Excerpts

First 38 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4899.

Leviticus 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
Leviticus 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
Leviticus 4:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:
Leviticus 6:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
1 Samuel 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
1 Samuel 2:35 Old Testament, KJV
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
1 Samuel 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
1 Samuel 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
1 Samuel 16:6 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
1 Samuel 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
1 Samuel 24:10 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed.
1 Samuel 26:9 Old Testament, KJV
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
1 Samuel 26:11 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
1 Samuel 26:16 Old Testament, KJV
This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
1 Samuel 26:23 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.
2 Samuel 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?
2 Samuel 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.
2 Samuel 1:21 Old Testament, KJV
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
2 Samuel 19:21 Old Testament, KJV
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?
2 Samuel 22:51 Old Testament, KJV
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
2 Samuel 23:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
1 Chronicles 16:22 Old Testament, KJV
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
2 Chronicles 6:42 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Psalms 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Psalms 18:50 Old Testament, KJV
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Psalms 20:6 Old Testament, KJV
Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Psalms 28:8 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
Psalms 84:9 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Psalms 89:38 Old Testament, KJV
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
Psalms 89:51 Old Testament, KJV
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Psalms 105:15 Old Testament, KJV
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Psalms 132:10 Old Testament, KJV
For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
Psalms 132:17 Old Testament, KJV
There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Isaiah 45:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
Lamentations 4:20 Old Testament, KJV
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
Daniel 9:25 Old Testament, KJV
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Daniel 9:26 Old Testament, KJV
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Habakkuk 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4899, grouped by book.

Leviticus 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 11 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 10 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4899 FAQ

What does mashiach (מָשִׁיחַ) mean?

Mashiach (Strong's H4899) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Messiah". mashiyach (maw-shee'-akh) n-m. 1. anointed 2. usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint)

How many times is mashiach (מָשִׁיחַ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 38 linked usages for Strong's H4899 across 10 books.

Where can I study mashiach (מָשִׁיחַ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4899 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate mashiach (מָשִׁיחַ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as anointed and messiah. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.