Sanctify vs Anoint - What's the difference?
sanctify | anoint |
To make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
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To free from sin; to purify.
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To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
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To endorse with religious sanction.
(label) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
* And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint . —Dryden.
* He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. —John ix. 6.
(label) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
* Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him. —Exod. xxix. 7.
* Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. —1 Kings xix. 15.
to choose or nominate somebody for an leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor
to mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony
In transitive terms the difference between sanctify and anoint
is that sanctify is to endorse with religious sanction while anoint is to apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.sanctify
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(en-verb)- And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
- And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified , but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
- Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
- For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.