ἈΛΕΙΨΑΙ, ἀλειψαι
ALEIPSAI, aleipsai
Sounds Like: ah-LIPE-sai
Translations: to anoint, to rub with oil
From the root: ἈΛΕΙΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to anoint or to rub with oil, often for purposes of hygiene, healing, or religious ceremony. It describes the action of applying oil or ointment to a person or object. For example, one might anoint their head or body.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0218 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 6:17
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
- ἈΛΕΙΨΑΣΑ — having anointed, anointing, she who anointed
- ἨΛΕΙΨΕΝ — anointed, rubbed, smeared, he anointed, she anointed, it anointed
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