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G5547 Χριστός (Christós)
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Quick Definition

Χριστός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. anointed, the Messiah, the Christ

Strong's Definition

from 5548; anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

KJV Usage: Christ

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, m. | -οῦ | χρίω

53.82 · Religious Activities · Roles and Functions

Christ, Messiah (literally: one who has been anointed) in the NT, titles for Jesus as the Messiah, but in many contexts, and especially without an article, Χριστός becomes a part of the name of Jesus; see 93.387) In a number of languages Χριστός (or Μεσσίας) as a reference to the Messiah occurs in a transliterated form based either on Χριστός in Greek or on Messiah in Hebrew. However, in some languages an attempt is made to represent the significance of the terms Χριστός and Μεσσίας by translating ‘God’s appointed one’ or ‘God’s specially chosen one’ or ‘the expected one,’ in the sense of one to whom everyone was looking for help and deliverance.

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93.387 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Christ (the Greek translation of the Hebrew and Aramaic word ‘Messiah’) a proper name for Jesus; see also 53.82

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Χριστός, τή, -dv, (xpiw), Sept. for mw, anointed: 6 | ἱερεὺς ὁ χριστός, Lev. iv. 5; vi. 22; of χριστοὶ ἱερεῖς, 2 Mace. i. 10; the patriarchs are called, substantively, of χριστοὶ θεοῦ, Ps. civ. (cv.) 15; the sing. 6 χριστὸς τοῦ κυρίου (177 Mw) in the O. T. often of the king of Israel (see χρίσμα), as 1 S. ii. 10, 35; [xxiv. 11; xxvi. 9, 11, 23]; 2.5. 1. 14; Ps. ii. 2; xvii. (xviii.) 51; Hab. iii. 13; [2 Chr. xxii. 7]; also of a foreign king, Cyrus, as sent of God, Is. xlv. 1; of the coming king whom the Jews expected to be the saviour of their nation and the author of their highest felicity: the name ὁ χριστός (mw, Chald. xmw>) is not found in the O. T. but is first used of him in the Book of Enoch 48, 10 [ef. Schodde’s note]; 52, 4 (for the arguments by which some have attempted to prove that the section containing these passages is of Christian origin are not convincing [cf. υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. 2 and το 8.1), after Ps. ii. 2 referred to the Messiah; (cf. Psalter of Sol. 17, 36; 18, 6. 8]. Cf. Keim ii. 549 [Eng. trans. iv. 263 sq.; Westcott ‘ Additional Note’on1Jn.v.1. On the general subject see Schiirer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. § 29.) [ἢ the N. T. it is used 1. of the Messiah, viewed in his generic aspects [the word, that is to say, being used as an appellative rather than a proper name], 6 χριστός : Mt. ii. 4; xvi.16; xxiii. 10; xxiv. 5, 23; xxvi. 63; Mk. vill. 29; xii. 355 xill. 21; xiv. 61; Lk. iii. 15; iv. 41; xx. 41; xxii. 67 (66); xxiii. 39; xxiv. 26, 46; Jn. i. 20, 25, [41 (42) Rec.]; iii. 28; iv. 29; vi. 69 Rec.; vii. 26, 31, 41; xi. 27; xii. 34; xx. 31; Acts ii. 30 Rec., 31; iii. 18; vili. 5; ix. 22; xvii. 3°; xviii. 5, 28; xxvi. 23; 1 Jn. iL ἜΡΟΝ Δ ὁ χριστὸς κυρίου or τοῦ θεοῦ, Lk. ii. 26; ix. 20; Actsiv. 26; without the article, Lk. ii. 11; xxiii. 2; Jn. 1. 41 (42) LT Tr WH; ix. 22; Acts ii. 365; 6 ype στός. ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, Mk. xv. 32; 6 χριστός so used as to refer to Jesus, Rev. xx. 4,6; with τοῦ θεοῦ added, Rev. xi. 15; xii. 10. 2. It is added, as an appellative (‘ Messiah’, ‘anointed’), to the proper name Ἰησοῦς; a. Ἰησοῦς ὁ χριστός, Jesus the Christ (‘Mes siah’): Acts v.42 RG; ix. 34[RG]; 1 Co. iii. 11 Ree.; 1Jn.y. 6 [RGL)]; Ἰησοῦς 6 λεγόμενος χριστός, who they say is the Messiah [(cf. b. below) ], Mt. xxvii. 22; without the art. Ἰησοῦς yptords, Jesus as Christ or Messiah, Jn. xvii. 3; 1 Jn. iv. 2; 2 Jn. 7, [but in all three exx. it seems better to take yp. as a prop. name (see b. below) ]; ὁ χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς, the Christ (Messiah) who is Jesus, [Mt. i. 18 WH org. (see Ὁ. below)]; Acts v. 42 LT Tr WH [R. V. Jesus as the Christ]; xix. 4 Ree. Ὁ. ὁ Xpe στός is a proper name (cf. W.§ 18,9 N.1; [as respects the use of a large or a small initial letter the critical edd. vary: Tdf. seems to use the capital initial in all cases; Treg. is inconsistent (using a small letter, for instance, in all the exx. under 1 above, exc. Lk. xxii. 67 and Jn. iv. 29; in Mt.i.1 a capital, in Mk. ila small letter, ete.); WH have adopted the principle of using a capital when the art. is absent and avoiding it when the art. is present (1 Pet. being intentionally excepted; the small letter being retained also in such exx. as Lk. ii. 11; xxiii. 2; Acts ii. 36, etc.) ; see WH. Intr. §$415]): Mt.i.17; xi. 2; Ro. i. 16 Ree. ; vii. 4; ix. 5; xiv. 18 [here L om. Tr br. the art.]; xv. 19; 1Co. i. 6, ete. without the article, Mk. ix. 41; Ro. vi. 4; viii. 9, 17; 1Co.i. 12; Gal. ii. 16 sq. 19 (20), 21; iii. 27; Phil. i. 10, 13, 19-21, 23; ii. 16; Col. ii. 5, 8; Heb. iii. 6, and often. Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Mt. i. 1,18 [here Tr om. Ἰ. WH txt. br. 10: al ὁ Ἶ. Xp. which is unique; see WH. App. ad loc.]; Mk. 1. 1; Jn. 1. 17; Acts ii. 38; iii. 6; iv.10; viii. 12 ; [ix.34 LT Tr WH]; x. 36; xi. 17; xv. 26; xvi. 18, 31 [RG]; xx. 21 [here L WH txt. om. Tr br. Xp.]; xxviii. 31 [Tdf. om. Xp.]; Ro. i. 1 [RG WH txt. (see below)], 6, 8; ii. 16 [RG Trtxt. WH mrg. (see below) ]; 1 Co. i. 7-9; iii. 11 [G T Tr WH (Ree. ’I. ὁ Xp.)]; xv. 57, and very often in the Epp. of Paul and Peter; Heb. χρίω xiii. 8,21; 1Jn.i.3,7[RG]; ii-1; [v.6GTTrWH]; 2 Jn. 7 [(see a. above) ]; Jude 4, 17,21; Rev.i. 1sq.5; xxii. 21 [RG (WH br. al. om. Xp.) J. Χριστὸς ᾿Ιησοῦς, Ro. [i. 1T Tr WH mrg. (see above) ; ii. 16 T Tr mrg. WH txt. (see above) ]; vi. 3[WH br. ’I.]; 1 Co.i. 2, 30; [iii. 11 Lehm. (see above) ]; Gal. iii. 14 [here Tr txt. WH txt. I. X.]; iv. 14; v. 6 [WH br. ’I.]; vi. 15; Phil. 11. 5; iii. 3,14; Col . 6; 1 Tim.i. 2; ii. 5. Ἰησοῦς 6 λεγόμενος Χριστός, surnamed ‘ Christ’ [(ef. a. above) ], Mt. i. 16. on the phrases ἐν Χριστῷ, ἐν Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ, see ev, I. 6b. p. 211

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Χριστός Christos 529x

pr. anointed; ὁ Χριστός, the Christ, the Anointed One, i.e. Μεσσίας, the Messiah, Mt. 1:16, 17; Jn. 1:20, 25, 42; meton. Christ, the word or doctrine of Christ, 2 Cor. 1:19; 21; Eph. 4:20; Christ, a truly Christian frame of doctrine and affection, Rom. 8:10; Gal. 4:19; Christ, the Church of Christ, 1 Cor. 12:12; Christ the distinctive privileges of the Gospel of Christ, Gal. 3:27; Phil. 3:8; Heb. 3:14

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

χριστός (Χρ-), -ή, -όν

(< χρίω), [in LXX for מָשִׁיחַ and cogn. forms ;]

as adj., of things, anointing, to be used as ointment (Æsch., Eur., al.; τ. ἔλαιον τὸ χ., Le 21:10);

of persons, anointed (ὁ ἰερεὺς ὁ χ., Le 4:5; οἱ χ. ἰευρεῖς, II Mac 1:10): ὁ χ. τοῦ κυρίου or Θεοῦ (I Ki 2:10, Ps 2:2, al.), of the Messiah (Aram., מְשִׁיחָא; cf. Dalman, Words, 289 ff.), Lk 2:11, 26 Jo 1:41, Ac 2:36 4:26, al.

As subst., ὁ Χριστός, the Messiah, the Christ: Mt 2:4, Mk 8:29, Lk 2:11, Jo 1:20, Ac 2:31, Ro 7:4, al.; Ἰησοῦς Χ., Mk 1:1, Jo 1:17, Ac 2:38, al.; Χ. Ἰησοῦς, Mt 1:18, WH, mg. Ac 5:42, Ro 6:3, al.; Χ. κύριος, Lk 2:11; Ἰησοῦς Χ. ὁ κύριος, Ac 15:26, Ro 1:7, al.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Χριστός (Christos) — Christ. χριστός, ή, όν, (χρίω) to be rubbed on, used as ointment or salve, opposed to πιστός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἔλαιον τὸ χ. anointing oil, [LXX]

II. of persons, anointed, ὁ ἱερεύς ὁ χ. [LXX]

II.2. especially of the Kings of Israel, ὁ χ. Κυρίου[LXX]; plural, of the patriarchs, [LXX]

II.3. in NT, ὁ χ. the Messiah, [NT]; then used as proper name of Jesus, Ἰησοῦς χ. [NT]

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