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
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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