The word in Scripture

Anointing in the Bible

The word anointing appears 28 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The anointing sets apart a person for God's service with the Spirit. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What anointing means in the Bible

The anointing sets apart a person for God's service with the Spirit.

Where the word anointing appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word anointing appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.”Exodus 30:31

“And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.”Exodus 31:11

“And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.”Leviticus 8:10

“And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.”Leviticus 10:7

“And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.”Numbers 4:16

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.”Isaiah 10:27

“Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:”James 5:14

“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”1 John 2:27