The meaning of Messiah in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

(Heb. mashiah), in all the thirty-nine instances of its occurring in the Old Testament, is rendered by the LXX. "Christos." It means anointed. Thus priests (Exodus 28:41; 40:15; Numbers 3:3), prophets (I Kings 19:16), and kings (I Samuel 9:16; 16:3; 2Sam 12:7) were anointed with oil, and so consecrated to their respective offices. The great Messiah is anointed "above his fellows" (Psalms 45:7); i.e., he embraces in himself all the three offices. The Greek form "Messias" is only twice used in the New Testament, in John 1:41 and 4:25 (RSV, "Messiah"), and in the Old Testament the word Messiah, as the rendering of the Hebrew, occurs only twice (Daniel 9:25,26; RSV, "the anointed one").

See more on the meaning of Messiah in the Bible:
Messiah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Messiah {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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