Greek
218. aleipho -- anoint. ... Oil was also
applied to the
feet to soothe and show (courtesy, respect).
Anointing shares a "penetrating comfort" to impart strength and healing ().]. anoint.
... /greek/218.htm - 7kTorrey's TopicalTextbook
Luke 7:38,39And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Torrey's Topical Textbook—AKJVJohn 12:3
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
Torrey's Topical Textbook—AKJV