# G5548 χρίω

χρίω (chríō), Strong’s G5548: to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service KJV: anoint. Occurs 77 times.

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*chríō* — to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service

KJV: anoint

Occurs 77 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 4:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/4?v=18) — “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal…
- [Acts 4:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/4?v=27) — “For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against…
- [Acts 10:38](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/10?v=38) — how God anointed Yeshua of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who…
- [2 Corinthians 1:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/1?v=21) — Now he who establishes us with you in Messiah and anointed us is God,
- [Hebrews 1:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/1?v=9) — You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness…
- [Judith 10:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/10?v=3) — She pulled off the sackcloth which she had put on, took off the garments of her widowhood, washed her body all over…
- [Sirach 45:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/45?v=15) — Moses consecrated him, and anointed him with holy oil. It was an everlasting covenant with him and to his offspring…
- [Sirach 46:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/46?v=13) — Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, loved by his Lord, established a kingdom and anointed princes over his people.
- [Sirach 48:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/48?v=8) — You anointed kings for retribution, and prophets to succeed after you.