# H4886 מָשַׁח

מָשַׁח (mâshach), Strong’s H4886: to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint KJV: anoint, paint.. Occurs 69 times.

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*mâshach* — to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint

KJV: anoint, paint.

Occurs 69 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָשַׁח vb. smear, anoint
- Qal
- 1 smear, house with colour (paint)
- 2 anoint, as consecration, solemn setting apart to an office, always by use of oil poured on the head
- 3 anoint, consecrate to religious service
- Niph. be anointed

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 31:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=13) — I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land…
- [Exodus 28:41](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/28?v=41) — You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and…
- [Exodus 29:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=2) — unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. You shall make them of fine…
- [Exodus 29:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=7) — Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.
- [Exodus 29:36](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=36) — Every day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement…
- [Exodus 30:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=26) — You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant,
- [Exodus 30:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=30) — You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.
- [Exodus 40:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/40?v=9) — “You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its…
- [Exodus 40:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/40?v=10) — You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and the altar will be most…
- [Exodus 40:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/40?v=11) — You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.