מָשִׁיחַ mashiach
Hebrew word for “anointed” · Strong’s H4899 · used 39 times in 38 verses
Meaning
1) anointed, anointed one;
How it is translated
Glosses given for mashiach in context, with how often each is used:
- anointed 22
- one anointed 12
- anointed one 3
- anointed ones 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Samuel | 12 | 0.9 | |
| Psalms | 10 | 0.5 | |
| 2 Samuel | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Leviticus | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Daniel | 2 | 0.3 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
1 Samuel 26 (4), Leviticus 4 (3), 2 Samuel 1 (3), 1 Samuel 2 (2), 1 Samuel 12 (2), 1 Samuel 24 (2), Psalms 89 (2), Psalms 132 (2), Daniel 9 (2), Leviticus 6 (1)
Forms
- משׁיח 11
- משׁיחו 7
- משׁיחך 5
- המשׁיח 4
- במשׁיח 3
- למשׁיחו 3
- במשׁיחי 2
- משׁיחי 1
- למשׁיח 1
- משׁיחיך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mashiach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דָּוִד david “David” 9
- אַל al “not” 6
- שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 6
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 5
- עָנָה anah “to answer” 4
- יְשׁוּעָה yeshuah “salvation” 3
- צַפַּחַת tsappachat “jar” 2
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 5
- מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת meraashah “head” 2
- פַּר par “bullock” 3
- שָׁחַת shachat “to ruin” 3
- עַד ad “till” 5
Key verses
The verses using mashiach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 4:3 — If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish…
- 1 Samuel 2:10 — The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give…
- 1 Samuel 12:3 — Behold, here I witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom…
- 2 Samuel 1:16 — And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’s anointed.
- 2 Samuel 23:1 — Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet…
- Psalms 2:2 — The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
- Psalms 89:38 — But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
- Isaiah 45:1 — Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open…
- Lamentations 4:20 — The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
- Daniel 9:25 — Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks,…
- Daniel 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the…
- Habakkuk 3:13 — Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.