מָשִׁיחַmâshîyach
Pronunciation: maw-shee'-akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4899
Meanings
1. king of Israel anointed by divine command (1 Samuel 24:7; 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 26:9)
2. high priest of Israel (Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 4:5; Leviticus 4:16)
3. Cyrus as commissioned by ׳ (Isaiah 45:1)
4. Messianic prince (Daniel 9:25; Daniel 9:26)
5. patriarchs, regarded as anointed kings (Psalms 105:15; 1 Chronicles 16:22)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 39 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 4:3 “If the high priest sins, bringing guilt upon the entire community, he must give a sin offering for the sin he has committed. He must present to the Lord a young bull with no defects.
- Leviticus 4:5 The high priest will then take some of the bull’s blood into the Tabernacle,
- Leviticus 4:16 The high priest will then take some of the bull’s blood into the Tabernacle,
- Leviticus 6:22 In each generation, the high priest who succeeds Aaron must prepare this same offering. It belongs to the Lord and must be burned up completely. This is a permanent law.
- 1 Samuel 2:10 Those who fight against the Lord will be shattered. He thunders against them from heaven; the Lord judges throughout the earth. He gives power to his king; he increases the strength of his anointed one.”
- 1 Samuel 2:35 “Then I will raise up a faithful priest who will serve me and do what I desire. I will establish his family, and they will be priests to my anointed kings forever.
See every passage
- Leviticus 4:3, 4:5, 4:16, 6:22
- 1 Samuel 2:10, 2:35, 12:3, 12:5, 16:6, 24:6, 24:10, 26:9, 26:11, 26:16, 26:23
- 2 Samuel 1:14, 1:16, 1:21, 19:21, 22:51, 23:1
- 1 Chronicles 16:22
- 2 Chronicles 6:42
- Psalms 2:2, 18:50, 20:6, 28:8, 84:9, 89:38, 89:51, 105:15, 132:10, 132:17
- Isaiah 45:1
- Lamentations 4:20
- Daniel 9:25, 9:26
- Habakkuk 3:13
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).