ΚΑΤΕΧΡΙΣΕΝ, κατεχρισεν
KATECHRISEN, katechrisen
Sounds Like: kah-tekh-REE-sen
Translations: anointed, smeared, rubbed
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΧΡΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb χρίω (chriō), meaning 'to anoint' or 'to smear'. Together, it means to anoint or smear thoroughly, often with oil, pitch, or other substances. It describes the action of applying something over a surface.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G2758 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 2:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΧΡΙΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΙΣΑΣ — having anointed, having smeared, having rubbed, having daubed
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.