ἨΛΕΙΨΕΝ, ἠλειψεν
ĒLEIPSEN, ēleipsen
Sounds Like: ee-LAYP-sen
Translations: anointed, rubbed, smeared, he anointed, she anointed, it anointed
From the root: ἈΛΕΙΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to anoint, rub, or smear, typically with oil or ointment. It is used to describe the act of applying a substance to a surface, often for religious, medicinal, or cosmetic purposes. In the provided examples, it describes the act of anointing someone's feet or head.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G0218 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΛΕΙΦΩ.
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.
- ἈΛΕΙΦΟΥΣΙΝ — they anoint, they smear, they plaster
- ἈΛΕΙΨΑΙ — to anoint, to rub with oil
- ἈΛΕΙΨΑΣΑ — having anointed, anointing, she who anointed
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