ΑΛΕΙΦΩ, αλειφω
ALEIPHŌ, aleiphō
Sounds Like: ah-LEH-foh
Translations: to anoint, to rub, to wipe off, to blot out, to erase, to remove
From the root: ΑΛΕΙΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb generally means to anoint or rub with oil or ointment, often for medicinal purposes, purification, or consecration. It can also mean to wipe off or blot out, especially in the context of removing something like sins or a record. Its meaning depends on the context, ranging from a physical action to a metaphorical one.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G0021 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΛΕΙΦΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΛΕΙ — anoint, to anoint, rub, to rub
- ἈΛΕΙΦΕΙ — anoints, rubs, smears
- ἈΛΕΙΦΕΣΘΕ — anoint, be anointed, rub, smear
- ἈΛΕΙΦΘΗ — anointed, was anointed, to be anointed, to be rubbed
- ἈΛΕΙΦΟΝΤΑΣ — anointing, those anointing, those who anoint, the ones anointing
- ἈΛΕΙΦΟΝΤΕΣ — anointing, smearing, rubbing, plastering, whitewashing, daubing
- ἈΛΕΙΨΑΝΤΕΣ — having anointed, anointing, when they had anointed
- ἈΛΕΙΨΑΣΘΑΙ — to anoint oneself, to rub oneself, to wash oneself
- ἈΛΕΙΨΕΙΣ — you will anoint, you will rub, you will smear
- ἈΛΕΙΨΗ — you will anoint, you will rub, you will smear
- ἈΛΕΙΨΟΜΑΙ — I will be anointed, I will anoint myself
- ἈΛΕΙΨΩΣΙΝ — to anoint, to rub with oil, to smear
- ἈΛΗΛΙΦΕΝΑΙ — to have anointed, to have rubbed, to have smeared
- ἈΛΙΦΟΜΕΝΑΙ — being anointed, anointed, to be anointed, rubbed, smeared
- ΑΛΕΙΕΙΣ — you anoint, you have anointed, you are anointing
- ΑΛΕΙΜΑΖΩ — anoint, to anoint, to smear, to rub
- ΑΛΕΙΤΑΙ — is anointed, is rubbed, is smeared
- ΑΛΕΙΦ — to anoint, to rub, to smear
- ΑΛΗΛΙΦΕΝΑΙ — to anoint, to have anointed, to smear, to have smeared
- ΑΛΙΦΟΜΕΝΑΙ — to anoint, to be anointed, to be rubbed, to be smeared
- ΑΛΙΨΑΝΤΕΣ — anointing, having anointed, having rubbed, having smeared
- ΑΛΙΨΑΣΑ — anointing, having anointed, smearing, having smeared
- ΑΛΙΨΕ — anoint, you anoint, he anoints, she anoints, it anoints, anoint!
- ΑΛΙΨΩΣΙΝ — they may anoint, they may rub, they may smear
- ἨΛΕΙΦΕΝ — was anointing, was rubbing with oil, was smearing
- ἨΛΕΙΦΟΝ — they were anointing, they anointed, they were rubbing, they rubbed
- ἨΛΕΙΨΑΜΗΝ — I anointed, I rubbed, I smeared, I put oil on
- ἨΛΕΙΨΑΣ — you anointed, you rubbed, you smeared
- ἨΛΕΙΨΑΤΕ — you anointed, you rubbed, you smeared
- ἨΛΕΙΨΑΤΟ — he anointed himself, she anointed herself, it anointed itself
- ἨΛΙΜΜΕΝΟΙ — anointed, having been anointed
- ΗΛΕΙΦΕΝ — he anointed, she anointed, it anointed
- ΗΛΕΙΦΟΝ — they anointed, they were anointing
- ΗΛΙΜΜΕΝΟΙ — anointed, having been anointed, smeared, having been smeared
- ΗΛΙΨΑΣ — you anointed, you rubbed, you smeared
- ΗΛΙΨΑΤΟ — anointed, smeared, rubbed, he anointed, she anointed, it anointed
- ΗΛΙΨΕΝ — anointed, she anointed, he anointed
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