Quick Definition
I rub in, anoint
Strong's Definition
to rub in (oil), i.e. besmear
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and G5548 (χρίω);
KJV Usage: anoint
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐγχρίω (see ἐν, III. 3): 1 aorist active imperative ἐγχρῖσον, middle (in T Tr) ἐνχρισαι (but L WH 1 aorist active infinitive ἐνχρισαι, (Griesbach ἐγχρῖσαι; cf. Veitch, under the word χρίω, at the end)); to rub in, besmear, anoint; middle to anoint for oneself: τούς ὀφθαλμούς, Rev_3:18 (cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) 149f, 131); Winer's Grammar, § 32, 4 a.). (Tob_6:9 Tob_11:7; Strabo, Anthol., Epictetus, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐγχρίω enchriō 1x
to rub in, anoint, Rev_3:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐγ -χρίω ,
[in LXX : Jer_4:30 ( H7167 ), Tob_2:10 ; Tob_6:8 ; Tob_11:7 * ;]
to rub in, anoint: mid ., c . dupl . acc , Rev_3:18 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐγχρίω [page 180]
ἐγχρίω , which in the NT is confined to Rev_3:18 , occurs twice in magical papyri P Lond 46 .64 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 67) (ἔν )χριε δὲ τὸν δεξιὸν ὀφθαλμ (ὸν ) μεθ᾽ ὕδατος πλοίου νεναυαγηκότος , ib. 121 .836 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 95) ἔνχρειε τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐγχρίω fut. σω "to rub, anoint", τινί "with" a thing, Anth. "to sting, prick", τινί Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐγχρίω,
[in LXX: Jer.4:30 (קרע). Tob.2:10 6:8 11:7 * ;]
to rub in, anoint: mid., with dupl. accusative, Rev.3:18.†
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