Çûwk — H5480

Definition

verb

properly, to smear over (with oil), i.e. anoint

1. to anoint, pour in anointing
1. (Qal) to anoint
1. to anoint oneself
2. to anoint (another)
3. to be poured
2. (Hiphil) to anoint

Usually translated as

anoint, at all

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• aleíphō (G218)
• élaion (G1637)
• phrássō (G5420)
• chríō (G5548)

Occurrences

Çûwk occurs 9 times in 8 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Ruth (1), 2 Samuel (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezekiel (1), Daniel (1), Micah (1)

• Deuteronomy 28:40 — Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint (תָס֔וּךְ) thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
• Ruth 3:3 — Wash thyself therefore, and anoint (וָסַ֗כְתְּ) thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
• 2 Samuel 12:20 — Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed (וַיָּ֗סֶךְ) himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
• 2 Samuel 14:2 — And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint (תָּס֙וּכִי֙) not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
• 2 Chronicles 28:15 — And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed (וַיְסֻכ֗וּם) them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
• Ezekiel 16:9 — Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed (וָאֲסֻכֵ֖ךְ) thee with oil.
• Daniel 10:3 — I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all (סָ֑כְתִּי), till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
• Daniel 10:3 — I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all (וְס֣וֹךְ), till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
• Micah 6:15 — Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint (תָס֣וּךְ) thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.