Bible word study

Mashiach (Strong’s H4899): Meaning in the Bible

Mashiach (מָשִׁיחַ) is the Hebrew word numbered H4899 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah. In the King James Bible it is translated anointed, Messiah..

• Original wordמָשִׁיחַ
• Transliterationmâshîyach
• Pronunciationmaw-shee'-akh
• Part of speechnoun (masculine) (n-m)
• Strong’s numberH4899
• LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. from H4886;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Mashiach appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Mashiach (H4899) stands behind 39 English renderings in 38 verses across 10 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in 1 Samuel (12), Psalms (10), 2 Samuel (6).

How the King James Bible renders Mashiach, by count

• anointed37 of 39 (95 percent)
• messiah2 of 39 (5 percent)

Three places to read Mashiach

• Leviticus 4:3 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
• 1 Samuel 26:11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
• Psalms 20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

And Christ

Mashiach, the Anointed One, is the title of the promised deliverer. The Greek renders it Christos, and Christians confess that the anointing came to rest on Jesus of Nazareth.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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