Definition
a primitive root; properly, to smear over (with oil), i.e. anoint
Traditional renderings: anoint (self), × at all.
Traditional renderings: anoint (self), × at all.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סוּךְ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
10 total
- Exodus 30:32יִיסָ֔ךְ · be used to anointIt must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.
- Deuteronomy 28:40תָס֔וּךְ · anointYou will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
- Ruth 3:3וָסַ֗כְתְּ · put on perfumeTherefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
- 2 Samuel 12:20וַיָּ֗סֶךְ · and anointed himselfThen David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.
- 2 Samuel 14:2תָּס֙וּכִי֙ · anoint yourselfSo Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
- 2 Chronicles 28:15וַיְסֻכ֗וּם · anointed [their wounds]Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
- Ezekiel 16:9וָאֲסֻכֵ֖ךְ · and anointedThen I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.
- Daniel 10:3וְס֣וֹךְ · anoint myself with oil; סָ֑כְתִּיI ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
- Micah 6:15תָס֣וּךְ · anoint yourselvesYou will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.