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מָשִׁיחַ — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: מָשִׁיחַ

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מָשִׁיחַ

māšîaḥ

anointed

מָשִׁיחַ n.m. anointed

1. king of Israel anointed by divine command

2. high priest of Israel

3. Cyrus as commissioned by י׳

4. Messianic prince

5. patriarchs, regarded as anointed kings

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.