# H4899 מָשִׁיחַ

מָשִׁיחַ (mâshîyach), Strong’s H4899: anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah KJV: anointed, Messiah.. Occurs 39 times.

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*mâshîyach* — anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah

KJV: anointed, Messiah.

Derived from [מָשַׁח mâshach](https://besorah.bible/word/H4886) (to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint)

Occurs 39 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָשִׁיחַ n.m. anointed
- 1 king of Israel anointed by divine command
- 2 high priest of Israel
- 3 Cyrus as commissioned by י׳
- 4 Messianic prince
- 5 patriarchs, regarded as anointed kings

## Where it occurs
- [Leviticus 4:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/4?v=3) — if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has sinned a…
- [Leviticus 4:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/4?v=5) — The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of Meeting.
- [Leviticus 4:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/4?v=16) — The anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull to the Tent of Meeting.
- [Leviticus 6:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/6?v=15) — The anointed priest that will be in his place from among his sons shall offer it. By a statute forever, it shall be…
- [1 Samuel 2:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=10) — Those who strive with the LORD shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “The LORD will judge…
- [1 Samuel 2:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=35) — I will raise up a faithful priest for myself who will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will…
- [1 Samuel 12:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/12?v=3) — Here I am. Witness against me before the LORD and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I…
- [1 Samuel 12:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/12?v=5) — He said to them, “The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything…
- [1 Samuel 16:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/16?v=6) — When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
- [1 Samuel 24:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/24?v=7) — He said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch out my…