The meaning of “סוּךְ”
Understanding çûwk reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
anoint (self), [idiom] at all. - properly, to smear over (with oil), i.e. anoint 1) to anoint, pour in anointing 1a) (Qa...
סוּךְ
anoint (self), [idiom] at all. - properly, to smear over (with oil), i.e. anoint 1) to anoint, pour in anointing 1a) (Qal) to anoint 1a1) to anoint oneself 1a2) to anoint (another) 1a3) to be poured 1b) (Hiphil) to anoint
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 28:40 | “Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.” Word: סוּךְ (çûwk) | |
| Ruth 3:3 | “Wash thyself therefore, and anoint 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.” Word: סוּךְ (çûwk) | |
| 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 not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:” Word: סוּךְ (çûwk) | |
| 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 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.” Word: סוּךְ (çûwk) | |
| Ezekiel 16:9 | “Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.” Word: סוּךְ (çûwk) |
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