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unction

Meaning of “unction”

An anointing.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 John 2:20

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The KJV occurrence

KJV PCE
1 John 2:20
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 John 2:20 · retained source text

But ye haue an vnction from the holy One, and ye know all things.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

1 John 2:27

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

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