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Χριστός G5547

Christós

khris-tos'

from χρίω; anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus:--Christ.

Abbott–Smith

χριστός (Χρ-), -ή, -όν (< χρίω), [in LXX for מָשִׁיחַ and cogn. forms ;]
1. as adj.,
(a) of things, anointing, to be used as ointment (Æsch., Eur., al.; τ. ἔλαιον τὸ χ., Le 21:10);
(b) 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.
2. 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.

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


529 occurrences

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  • Luke 22:67
    Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
  • Luke 23:2
    And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
  • Luke 23:35
    And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
  • Luke 23:39
    And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
  • Luke 24:26
    Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
  • Luke 24:46
    And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
  • John 1:17
    For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
  • John 1:20
    And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
  • John 1:25
    And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
  • John 1:41
    He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.