Gloss
to pour on, anoint (usually with olive oil)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἀλείφω
Greek transliteration
aleiphō
Simplified transliteration
aleipho
Principal Parts
-, ἤλειψα, -, -, ἠλείφθην
Numbers
Strong's number
218
GK Number
230
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
9
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1b(1)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ἀλείφω
| Matthew 6:17 | But when you fast, anoint (aleipsai | ἄλειψαι | aor mid imperative 2 sg) your head with (aleipsai | ἄλειψαι | aor mid imperative 2 sg) oil (aleipsai | ἄλειψαι | aor mid imperative 2 sg) and wash your face, |
| Mark 6:13 | and they drove out many demons. They anointed (ēleiphon | ἤλειφον | imperf act ind 3 pl) with oil many who were sick and healed them. |
| Mark 16:1 | And when the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint (aleipsōsin | ἀλείψωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) him. |
| Luke 7:38 | and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to bathe his feet with her tears. She kept wiping his feet with the hair of her head, and kissing them and pouring (ēleiphen | ἤλειφεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the perfume on (ēleiphen | ἤλειφεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) them. |
| Luke 7:46 | You (ēleipsas | ἤλειψας | aor act ind 2 sg) did (ēleipsas | ἤλειψας | aor act ind 2 sg) not anoint (ēleipsas | ἤλειψας | aor act ind 2 sg) my head with oil, but she has (ēleipsen | ἤλειψεν | aor act ind 3 sg) poured (ēleipsen | ἤλειψεν | aor act ind 3 sg) perfume on my feet. |
| John 11:2 | It was this Mary who anointed (aleipsasa | ἀλείψασα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. |
| John 12:3 | Mary took more than a pint of expensive perfume made of pure nard and anointed (ēleipsen | ἤλειψεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. |
| James 5:14 | Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over him, anointing (aleipsantes | ἀλείψαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) him with oil in the name of the Lord; |
