Meanings
the Lord's Anointed1
alternative the Lord's anointed
- ChristianityChrist or the Messiah.
And Dauid sayd to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords Anointed, and be guiltlesse?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 26:91 more example
Yes, he wanted power—he wanted to know himself to be the Lord's anointed, His well-beloved, and worthy, nearly, of that snow-white dove which had been sent down from Heaven to testify that Jesus was the Son of God.
1953, James Baldwin, “Gabriel’s Prayer”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published October 1970, →OCLC, part 2 (The Prayers of the Saints), page 94 - A Jewish or other king by divine right.
the Lord's anointed2
- Alternative letter-case form of the Lord's Anointed.
Origin
Compare Ancient Greek χριστός (khristós, “[the] anointed [one]”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish Herran voideltu, Herran voideltu
- Herran voideltuChrist or Messiah
- Herran voideltuking by divine right
French oint du Seigneur, oint du Seigneur
- oint du SeigneurChrist or Messiah
- oint du Seigneurking by divine right
Swedish Herrens smorde, Herrens smorde
- Herrens smordeChrist or Messiah
- Herrens smordeking by divine right
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