μετὰ τὸ -χρισθῆναι

ἐπι-χρίω [pron. full] [ῑ],

A anoint, besmear, ἐπιχρίοντες ἀλοιφῇ (sc. τὸ τόξον) Od.21.179;

χρῶτ' ἀπονιψαμένη καὶ ἐπιχρίσασα παρειάς 18.172

:—[voice] Med., χρῶτ' ἀπονίπτεσθαι καὶ ἐπιχρίεσθαι ἀλοιφῇ ib. 179.

2 plaster over, τινι with a thing, Luc.Hist.Conscr.62.

II lay on ointment,

μετὰ τὸ -χρισθῆναι Zopyr.

ap. Orib.14.58.1 ; κροτάφοις -χριόμενα v.l. in Dsc.3.22 ;

πηλὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Ev.Jo.9.6

, cf. IG14.966 (Rome, ii A.D.).

2 abs., use for anointing, Call.Iamb.1.270.

χρίω fut. 2 sg. χρίσεις LXX; 1 aor. ἔχρισα; pf. κέκρικα LXX. Pass.: 1 fut. 2 sg. χρισθήσῃ (JosAs 15:4), 3 sg. χρισθήσεται Ex 30:32; 1 aor. ἐχρίσθην; pf. ptc. κεχρισμένος (Hom.+) anoint in our lit. only in a fig. sense of an anointing by God setting a pers. apart for special service under divine direction (cp. Hom. Hymn to Demeter 237 χρίεσκʼ ἀμβροσίῃ: Demeter anoints Demophon; Apollon. Rhod. 4, 871). God anoints

ⓐ David: ἐν ἐλέει αἰωνίῳ ἔχρισα αὐτόν 1 Cl 18:1 (cp. Ps 88:21).

ⓑ Jesus, the Christ, for his work or mission Ac 4:27 (cp. SibOr 5, 68; Just. A II, 6, 3, D. 8, 4; 49, 1. ἔχρισέν με Lk 4:18; cp. B 14:9 (both Is 61:1). αὐτὸν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ him with holy spirit Ac 10:38 (cp. PsSol 17:42; the dat. as Dio Chrys. 66 [16], 10; Jos., Ant. 7, 357 ἐλαίῳ χ.). W. double acc. (after LXX) ἔχρισέν σε ἔλαιον ἀγαλλιάσεως Hb 1:9 (Ps 44:8).

ⓒ the prophets: μετὰ τὸ χρισθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ Judaicon, ASyn. 172, 8.

ⓓ the apostles or, more probably, all Christians (at baptism or through the Spirit) 2 Cor 1:21.—EncRelEth XII 509–16; Reallexikon der Vorgeschichte XI 1928, 191ff.—DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.