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What is "happiness oil"? Does it make you happy? Or is happiness the oil?

Heb 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Heb 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Heb 1:8 προς δε τον υιον ο θρονος σου ο θεος εις τον αιωνα του αιωνος Aκαι ραβδος ευθυτητος η Aραβδος Aτης Aευθυτητος ραβδος της βασιλειας σου Heb 1:9 ηγαπησας δικαιοσυνην και εμισησας ανομιαν δια τουτο εχρισεν σε ο θεος ο θεος σου ελαιον αγαλλιασεως παρα τους μετοχους σου

  • I think maybe there is a missing emphasis on examining what "Oil, (שָׁ֫מֶן definition)" actually represents, (in addition to "Joy" and "word order"). Specifically, perhaps "Oil" should be understood in its most literal and vulgar sense, "*Fatness, and Excess". Excessive Joy. Like being "anointed with the oil of the Holy Spirit", Excessive indwelling. Both "Joy Grease"* and *"Grease of Joy"* are valid word ordering : *"Excess of Joy"* or *"Joy Excess"*. – elika kohen Apr 24 '17 at 20:30

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Hebrews 1:8-9 is directly quoting the Septuagint version of Psalm 45:6-7:

Psalm 44:6-7 LXX

ὁ θρόνος σου, ὁ θεός, εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος, ῥάβδος εὐθύτητος ἡ ῥάβδος τῆς βασιλείας σου. ἠγάπησας δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἐμίσησας ἀνομίαν· διὰ τοῦτο ἔχρισέν σε ὁ θεός, ὁ θεός σου, ἔλαιον ἀγαλλιάσεως παρὰ τοὺς μετόχους σου.

<p><em>Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness, Thou hast loved righteousness, and
hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil
of gladness beyond thy fellows.</em><sup>1</sup></p>

Hebrews 1:8–9

πρὸς δὲ τὸν υἱόν·
ὁ θρόνος σου, ὁ Θεός, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος· ῥάβδος εὐθύτητος ἡ ῥάβδος τῆς βασιλείας σου. ἠγάπησας δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἐμίσησας ἀνομίαν· διὰ τοῦτο ἔχρισέ σε, ὁ Θεός, ὁ Θεός σου ἔλαιον ἀγαλλιάσεως παρὰ τοὺς μετόχους σου·

<p><em>But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast
loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God,
hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows.</em><sup>2</sup></p>

Paul is providing a Christological interpretation of the Psalm, relating it to the anointing of Christ - which in Greek (Christos) means the anointed one - as King. Gladness is associated here because the Psalm itself is a commemoration of a wedding, wherein neither the king nor queen are named.

1 Brenton translation
2 King James Version (1900) translation

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