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מָשִׁיחַ ma·shi·ach

“anointed” · 39 times in the Old Testament

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  • “anointed” 27
  • “anointed one” 7
  • “anointed ones” 2
  • “messiah” 2
  • “one anointed” 1
  • Christos, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 530

In the New Testament it continues as Christos: Acts 4:26 quotes Psalms 2:2, and puts this word in Greek.

As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Leviticus4
1 Samuel12
2 Samuel6
1 Chronicles1
2 Chronicles1
Psalms10
Isaiah1
Lamentations1
Daniel2
Habakkuk1
Matthew16
Mark7
Luke12
John19
Acts26
Romans65
1 Corinthians64
2 Corinthians47
Galatians38
Ephesians46
Philippians37
Colossians25
1 Thessalonians10
2 Thessalonians10
1 Timothy15
2 Timothy13
Titus4
Philemon8
Hebrews12
James2
1 Peter22
2 Peter8
1 John8
2 John3
Jude6
Revelation7

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. anointed27
  2. anointed one7
  3. anointed ones2
  4. messiah2
  5. one anointed1

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“anointed” 27
  • Leviticus 4

    • 4:3 …If the anointed priest sins bringing guilt…
    • 4:5 Then the anointed priest shall take some…
    • 4:16 Then the anointed priest is to bring…
    • 6:22 …one of Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place…
  • 1 Samuel 11

    • 2:10 …will exalt the horn of His anointed
    • 12:3 …the LORD and before His anointed Whose ox or donkey…
    • 12:5 …a witness against you and His anointed is a witness today…
    • 16:6 …here before the LORD is His anointed
    • 24:6 …my master the LORD’s anointed May I never lift…
    • 24:6 …he is the LORD’s anointed
    • 24:10 …he is the LORD’s anointed
    • 26:9 …hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless…
    • 26:11 …hand against the LORD’s anointed Instead take the spear…
    • 26:16 …your lord the LORD’s anointed Now look around Where…
    • 26:23 …hand against the LORD’s anointed
  • 2 Samuel 5

    • 1:14 …to destroy the LORD’s anointed
    • 1:16 …I killed the LORD’s anointed
    • 1:21 …of Saul no longer anointed with oil…
    • 19:21 …he cursed the LORD’s anointed
    • 22:51 …He shows loving devotion to His anointed to David and his…
  • Psalms 4

    • 18:50 …He shows loving devotion to His anointed to David and his…
    • 20:6 …that the LORD saves His anointed He answers him from…
    • 28:8 …a stronghold of salvation for His anointed
    • 84:9 …favor on the face of Your anointed
  • Isaiah 1

    • 45:1 …LORD says to Cyrus His anointed whose right hand I…
  • Lamentations 1

    • 4:20 …The LORD’s anointed the breath of our…
  • Habakkuk 1

    • 3:13 …Your people to save Your anointed You crushed the head…
“anointed one” 7
  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 2:35 …he will walk before My anointed one for all time…
  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 6:42 …God do not reject Your anointed one Remember Your loving devotion…
  • Psalms 5

    • 2:2 …the LORD and against His Anointed One
    • 89:38 …You are enraged by Your anointed one
    • 89:51 …have mocked every step of Your anointed one
    • 132:10 …David do not reject Your anointed one
    • 132:17 …have prepared a lamp for My anointed one
“anointed ones” 2
  • 1 Chronicles 1

    • 16:22 …Do not touch My anointed ones Do no harm to…
  • Psalms 1

    • 105:15 …Do not touch My anointed ones Do no harm to…
“messiah” 2
  • Daniel 2

    • 9:25 …and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah the Prince there will…
    • 9:26 …the sixty two weeks the Messiah will be cut off…
“one anointed” 1
  • 2 Samuel 1

    • 23:1 …man raised on high the one anointed by the God of…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.