Unction
Bible Usage:
- unction used once.
- Bible Reference: 1 John 2:20
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G5545 Used 1 time
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Unction
(1 John 2:20, 27; R.V., "anointing"). Kings, prophets, and priests were anointed, in token of receiving divine grace. All believers are, in a secondary sense, what Christ was in a primary sense, "the Lord's anointed."
Naves Topical Index
Unction
Figurative; 1 John 2:20
1 John 2:27
Anointing
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Unction
UNC'TION, noun [Latin unctio, from ungo, to anoint.]
1. The act of anointing.
2. Unguent; ointment. [Unusual.]
3. The act of anointing medically; as mercurial unction
4. Any thing softening or lenitive.
5. That which excites piety and devotion.
6. Richness of gracious affections.
7. Divine or sanctifying grace. 1 John 2:20.
Extreme unction the rite of anointing in the last hours; or the application of sacred oil to the parts where the five senses reside.