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GreekG5547Noun (Technical/Title)

Χριστός

Christos

532Occurrences
G5547Strong's #
Noun (Technical/Title)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

from G5548 (χρίω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.as adj.
(a)of things, anointing, to be used as ointment (Æsch., Eur. ἔλαιον τὸ χ.
(b)of persons, anointed (ὁ ἰερεὺς ὁ χ.
2.As subst., ὁ Χριστός, the Messiah, the Christ
LXX: for מָשִׁיחַ and cogn. forms

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Technical/Title)

Morphology Code

N:N--T

Full Description

Proper Noun, Technical/Title

Occurrences

Χριστός appears 532 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Romans
66
1 Corinthians
60
Ephesians
45
2 Corinthians
44
Galatians
36
Philippians
35
Acts
30
Colossians
24

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:1BSB

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

1 Timothy 1:14BSB

And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Acts 24:24BSB

After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:7BSB

So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

Philippians 1:15BSB

It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.