[B-Greek] xriw and aleipo

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 11 22:26:34 EST 2005


On Nov 11, 2005, at 9:56 PM, thebodyofjesusthenazoraion at juno.com wrote:

> What is the difference in chrio and aleipho? Is there a different  
> process in the annointing?
> NAU Luke 4:18 .. cri,w chrio
> NAU John 12:3 <218b> avlei,fw aleipho
> Eva Ritsema
> ---


In the New Testament ALEIFW is used only of external, physical  
anointing.
In the New Testament CRIW usually has a figurative or extended  
meaning beyond the physical act. The figurative use is related to the  
use of meshachta משׁח which is often rendered CRIW in the LXX for  
example:

1SAM. 9:16 hWS hO KAIROS AURION APOSTELW PROS SE ANDRA EK GHS  
BENIAMIN KAI CRISEIS AUTON EIS ARCONTA EPI TON LAON MOU ISRAHL .

1Sam. 9:16  “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from  
the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my  
people Israel.

I don't thing this figurative use of CRIW is found in pagan greek.

Elizabeth Kline







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