G5545: χρῖσμα
chrîsma · “anointing”
Definition
an unguent or smearing, i.e. (figuratively) the special endowment ("chrism") of the Holy Spirit
KJV translates it as: anointing, unction
Word origin: from G5548 (χρίω);
Extended definition
χρίσμα (T, χρῖσμα, as in cl.; see Tdf., Pr., 102; Bl., § 4, 2), -τος, το
(χρίω),
later form of χρῖμα (Æsch., al.),
[in LXX for מִשְׁחָה and cogn. forms (Exo.29:7, al.) ;]
an anointing, unction (the result of the action χρίειν; ICC, in l; but cf. Westc., in l, for the view that the oil, not the act, is meant): 1Jn.2:20 Jn 2:27.†
(AS)
(χρίω),
later form of χρῖμα (Æsch., al.),
[in LXX for מִשְׁחָה and cogn. forms (Exo.29:7, al.) ;]
an anointing, unction (the result of the action χρίειν; ICC, in l; but cf. Westc., in l, for the view that the oil, not the act, is meant): 1Jn.2:20 Jn 2:27.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5545 is translated
- anointing ×2
- the anointing ×1
Bible verses with G5545 (chrîsma)
Chrîsma appears in 2 verses.
- 1 John 2:20
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
- 1 John 2:27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.