Definition

oil

Etymology

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H4886 (מָשַׁח);

Word family

• מָשַׁח mâshach

How the KJV renders it

• oil

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.