Definition

an unguent or smearing, i.e. (figuratively) the special endowment ("chrism") of the Holy Spirit

Etymology

from G5548 (χρίω);

Word family

• χρίω chríō

How the KJV renders it

• anointing
• unction

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.