King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4888
Transliteration: mishchah
Phonetic Spelling: (meesh-khaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: consecrated portion
Meaning: unction, a consecratory gift
Word Summary
mishchah: consecrated portion
Original Word: מִשְׁחָהTransliteration: mishchah
Phonetic Spelling: (meesh-khaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: consecrated portion
Meaning: unction, a consecratory gift
Strong's Concordance
to be anointed, ointment Or moshchah {mosh-khaw'}; from mashach; unction (the act); by implication, a consecratory gift -- (to be) anointed(-ing), ointment.
see HEBREW mashach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4888. mishchah
מִשְׁחָה noun feminine 1. ointment;
2 consecrated portion; — absolute ׳מ Exodus 25:6 +; construct מִשְׁחַת 30:25 +; —
1 ointment, the holy oil used in the consecration of the Aaronic priests, only in P; הַמִּשְׁחָה שֶׁמֶן Exodus 25:6; 29:7, 21; 31:11; 35:8, 15, 28; 37:29; 39:38; 40:9; Leviticus 8:2, 10, 12, 30; 21:10; Numbers 4:16; ׳שׁ קֹדֶשׁ מִשְׁחַת Exodus 30:25 (twice in verse); 30:31; ׳שׁ ׳מ יהוה Leviticus 10:7; ׳שׁ ׳מ אֱלֹהָיו 21:12.
2 consecrated portion, of Aaron and his sons Leviticus 7:35 (twice in verse) (P).
מָשְׁחָה noun feminine consecrated portion (Ew§ 238 a possibly error of pointing); — Numbers 18:8 (P).