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Strong's #218 - ἀλείφω
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ἀλείφω, Hdt. 3.8, etc.: fut. -ψω LXX Exodus 40:15, (ἐξ-) E. IA 1486, Pl. R. 386c: aor. ἤλειψα Hom., Att., ἄλειψα Od. 12.177: pf. ἀλήλῐφα (ἀπ-) D. 52.2): — Med., fut. -ψομαι Th. 4.68: aor. ἠλειψάμην Att., ἀλ- Il. 14.171: — Pass., fut. ἀλειφθήσομαι (ἐξ-) D. 25.73: aor. 1 ἠλείφθην Hp. Morb. 4.54, Pl. Ly. 217c, etc.: aor. 2 ἐξ-ηλίφην v.l. in Pl. Phdr. 258b, (ἀπ-) D.C. 55.3: pf ἀλήλιμμαι Th. 4.68, (ἐξ-, ὑπ-) D. 25.70, X. Oec. 10.6 (-ει- is freq. found in pf. forms in codd.): (ἀ-, euph., λιπ-, cf. λίπος): —
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1. anoint the skin with oil, as was done after bathing, Act. referring to another, Med. to oneself, λοῦσαι κέλετ' ἀμφί τ' ἀλεῖψαι Il. 24.582; Hom. elsewh. always adds λίπα or λίπ' ἐλαίῳ (v. sub λίπα), πάντα λοέσσατο καὶ λίπ' ἄλειψεν Od. 6.227; λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ' ἐλαίῳ Il. 10.577, cf. 14.171, 18.350: later of anointing for gymnastic exercises, λίπα μετὰ τοῦ γυμνάζεσθαι ἠλείψαντο Th. 1.6; generally, λίπα ἀλείφεσθαι Id. 4.68; βακκάρι ῥῖνας Hippon. 41; of anointing the sick, Men. Georg. 60, cf. Ephesians 5:14.
2. supply oil for gymnasts, ἀλειφούσης τῆς πόλεως CIG (add.) 1957g (Maced.); ἀ. πανήγυριν, ἔθνη, Inscr.Magn. 163, OGI 533.47 (Ancyra); οἱ -όμενοι youths undergoing gymnastic training, ib. 339.72 (Sestos), etc.; οἱ ἀ. ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ ib.764.5 (Pergam.), al.; ἀλείφεσθαι παρά τινι to attend a gymnastic school, Arr. Epict. 1.2.26.
3. polish, τράπεζαν Diph. 74; δακτύλιον Thphr. Char. 21; ἀγάλματα Artem. 2.33.
4. metaph., prepare as if for gymnastics, encourage, stimulate, instigate, Demad. 17, Pl. ap. D.L. 4.6; ἐπὶ τὴν πολιτικὴν ἀγωνίαν Phld. Rh. 2.59 S.; τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν Κλώδιον App. BC 2.16, cf. Plu. Them. 3; τινὰ κατά τινος Ph. 1.549; τινὰ ἐπὶ φαρμακείαν App. Mac. 11.7: — Pass., τοὺς -ομένους ἐπί τι Phld. Rh. 2.158 S.
II daub, plaster, besmear, οὔατα ἀλεῖψαι stop up ears, Od. 12.47, 177, 200; ἀ. αἵματι Hdt. 3.8; μίλτῳ X. Oec. 10.5; ψιμυθίῳ Pl. Ly. 217d; κυανῷ Paus. 5.11.5.
ἀλείφω: imperfect ἤλειφον; 1 aorist ἤλειψα; 1 aorist middle imperative ἄλειψαί; (allied with λίπος, grease; cf. Curtius, § 340; Vanicek, p. 811; Peile, p. 407; from Homer down); to anoint: τινα or τί, Mark 16:1; John 12:3; τινα or τί τίνι (Winer's Grammar, 227 (213)), as ἐλαίῳ, Luke 7:46{a}; Mark 6:13; James 5:14; μύρῳ, John 11:2; Luke 7:38, 46{b}; middle, Matthew 6:17 (literally, 'anoint for thyself thy head,'unge tibi caput tuum; cf. Winers Grammar, 257 (242); Buttmann, 192 (166f)). Cf. Winers RWB under the word Salbe; (B. D. or McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, under the word
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ἀλείφω
(cf. λίπος , oil),
[in LXX: Genesis 31:13, Exodus 40:15, Numbers 3:3 (H4886 ), Ezekiel 13:10 ff. (H2902), Ruth 3:3, 2 Samuel 12:20; 2 Samuel 14:2, 2 Kings 4:2, 2 Chronicles 28:15, Micah 6:15, Da LXX TH Daniel 10:3 (H5480), Ezra 2:12, Judith 16:8 *;]
to anoint, festally or in homage: c. acc rei or pers., Matthew 6:17, John 12:3, Mark 16:1; seq. dat., ἐλαίῳ , Mark 6:13, James 5:14; μύρῳ , Luke 7:38; Luke 7:46, John 11:2.†
SYN.: χρίω G5548, μυρίζω G3462 (against the distinction made bet. ἀ . and χ . in Tr., Syn., § 38, v. MM, VGT, s.v., ἀ .).
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Passim in papyri, e.g. P Fay 1216 (c. A.D. 100) ὃ καὶ ἀλείψεις ἐπιμελῶς , ";which you will carefully grease,"; of a yoke-band. We find statues (ἀνδριάντες ) the objects in BGU II. 362 vii. 16, x. 17 (A.D. 215). In P Oxy III. 528.10 f. (ii/A.D.) a man, whose wife had gone away, writes to her that since they had bathed together a month before, he had never bathed nor anointed himself—οὐκ ἐλουσάμην οὐκ ἤλιμε (l. ἤλειμμαι ). A curiously spelt perfect ἐνήλεπα from ἐναλείφω is found in a somewhat similar connexion in P Oxy II. 29415 (A.D. 22). Cf. also a third-century inscription in honour of a gymnasiarch, φιλοτίμως ἀλείφοντι (Milne JHS 1901, p. 284), noted by the editors on P Oxy III. 4733 (A.D. 138–60), where we find the substantive ἄλειμμα . Cf. also OGIS 59.16 (iii/B.C.) ὅπως ἔχωσιν εἴς τε τὰς θυσίας καὶ τὸ ἄλειμμα δαπανᾶν . For the phrase ";free from erasure"; cf. BGU II. 666.31 (A.D. 177) ἐστὶν δὲ καθαρὸν ἀπὸ ἀλείφατος καὶ ἐπιγραφῆς : cf. P Ryl II. 163.17 (A.D. 139). As against the contention that ἀλείφω is the ";mundane and profane"; and χρίω the ";sacred and religious"; word (Trench), see P Petr II. 25 (a)13, where χρίσιν is used of the lotion for a sick horse.
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