anointed
The only instance where the word is applied to a Gentile. Nebuchadnezzar is called the "servant" of Jehovah (Jeremiah 25:9); (Jeremiah 27:6); (Jeremiah 43:10) This, with the designation "My shepherd" (Isaiah 44:28) also a Messianic title, marks Cyrus as that startling exception, a Gentile type of Christ. The points are:
(1) both are irresistible conquerors of Israel's enemies. (Isaiah 45:1); (Revelation 19:19-21).
(2) both are restorers of the holy city (Isaiah 44:28); (Zechariah 14:1-11).
(3) through both is the name of the one true God glorified (Isaiah 45:6); (1 Corinthians 15:28).