Fromχρίω(khríō) (“to rub, smear”) +-μα(-ma).Later form ofχρῖμα(khrîma) (LSJ).

χρῖσμᾰ• (khrîsmă) n (genitiveχρῑ́σμᾰτος);third declension

1. ointment,unguent,oil
2. anointing,unction
   1. (biblical, Septuagint) ritual anointing oil
      • 300BCE – 200BCE, Septuagint,Exodus29.7:

        ἐλαίου τοῦχρίσματος

        elaíou toûkhrísmatos

        oilof anointing

      • 300BCE – 200BCE, Septuagint,Exodus35.15:

        τὸ ἔλαιον τοῦχρίσματος

        tò élaion toûkhrísmatos

        the oilof anointing

   2. (New Testament) spiritual anointing, divine empowerment
      • 50CE – 100CE,First Epistle of John2:20:

        χρῖσμα ἔχετε ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου

        khrîsma ékhete apò toû hagíou

        you have ananointing from the Holy One

      • 50CE – 100CE,First Epistle of John2:27:

        τὸχρῖσμα ὃ ἐλάβετε … διδάσκει ὑμᾶς

        tòkhrîsma hò elábete … didáskei humâs

        theanointing which you received … teaches you

3. coating,plaster (of walls or surfaces)
   • 80BCE – 20BCE,Diodorus Siculus,2 9
   • 125CE – 200CE,Lucian,How to Write History62

In early Greek,χρῖσμα denotes a substance applied by rubbing or smearing. In the Septuagint, the term is used for ritual anointing oil. In the New Testament (notably 1 John 2:20, 27), the word develops a figurative sense referring to a spiritual endowment, extending the physical act of anointing to denote divine influence or empowerment.

• χρῖμα(khrîma)

• → Latin:chrisma,crisma
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian:cresima
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • ⇒ Old French:cresme,creme (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒? Latin:crismon
  • → English:chrismon
  • → German:Chrismon
• Greek:χρίσμα(chrísma)

• “χρῖσμα”, inLiddell & Scott (1940),A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χρῖσμα”, inLiddell & Scott (1889),An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χρῖσμα inBailly, Anatole (1935),Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

• Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα
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• Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰer- (to rub)
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