Strong’s G218 · Greek
ἀλείφω
aleíphō
Definition
to oil (with perfume)
Etymology
from G1 (Α) (as particle of union) and the base of G3045 (λιπαρός);
Word family
How the KJV renders it
- anoint
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.