סוּךְ

sukhto anointHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb10 occurrences8 books9 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to smear over (with oil), i.e. anoint
Traditional renderings: anoint (self), × at all.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סוּךְ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

10 total
  1. Exodus 30:32יִיסָ֔ךְ · be used to anoint
    It 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.
  2. Deuteronomy 28:40תָס֔וּךְ · anoint
    You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
  3. Ruth 3:3וָסַ֗כְתְּ · put on perfume
    Therefore 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.
  4. 2 Samuel 12:20וַיָּ֗סֶךְ · and anointed himself
    Then 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.
  5. 2 Samuel 14:2תָּס֙וּכִי֙ · anoint yourself
    So 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Ezekiel 16:9וָאֲסֻכֵ֖ךְ · and anointed
    Then I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.
  8. Daniel 10:3וְס֣וֹךְ · anoint myself with oil; סָ֑כְתִּי
    I 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.
  9. Micah 6:15תָס֣וּךְ · anoint yourselves
    You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.