Lexicon
μυρίζω
murizō
G3462
G:V Greek

to anoint

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murizo denotes an act of anointing a body beforehand for burial in Mark 14:8.

The attested use describes anointing a body in advance of burial, as the clause in Mark 14:8 indicates.

Senses in use

  1. Anointing a body beforehand for burial · dominant

    In Mark 14:8, the aorist active infinitive μυρίσαι occurs in the statement about what she did to the body beforehand for burial. The APB renders the clause, “she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Mark 14:8, the APB presents the action as “she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.” This rendering confirms the clause's action without isolating every grammatical element.

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