סוּךְçûwk

pour in anointing, anoint

Pronunciation: sook · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5480

Meanings

Qal: anoint (Ruth 3:3; Daniel 10:3; Deuteronomy 28:40)

1. anoint oneself (2 Samuel 12:20; Ruth 3:3; Daniel 10:3)

2. anoint another (Ezekiel 16:9; 2 Chronicles 28:15)

3. be poured (Exodus 30:32)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 28:40 You will grow olive trees throughout your land, but you will never use the olive oil, for the fruit will drop before it ripens.
  • Ruth 3:3 Now do as I tell you—take a bath and put on perfume and dress in your nicest clothes. Then go to the threshing floor, but don’t let Boaz see you until he has finished eating and drinking.
  • 2 Samuel 12:20 Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions, and changed his clothes. He went to the Tabernacle and worshiped the Lord. After that, he returned to the palace and was served food and ate.
  • 2 Samuel 14:2 So he sent for a woman from Tekoa who had a reputation for great wisdom. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning; wear mourning clothes and don’t put on lotions. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
  • 2 Chronicles 28:15 Then the four men just mentioned by name came forward and distributed clothes from the plunder to the prisoners who were naked. They provided clothing and sandals to wear, gave them enough food and drink, and dressed their wounds with olive oil. They put those who were weak on donkeys and took all the prisoners back to their own people in Jericho, the city of palms. Then they returned to Samaria.
  • Ezekiel 16:9 “Then I bathed you and washed off your blood, and I rubbed fragrant oils into your skin.
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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).