G5547 – Christos – Χριστός an anointed person/thing; fig. to be appointed; trad. Christ

Strong’s ID:
G5547
Greek Word:
Χριστός
Transliteration:
Christos
Pronunciation:
khris-tos’
Part of Speech:
adjective
Etymology:
from G5548
Equivalents:
G3323 Messiah (Greek)
H4899 Messiah (Hebrew)
Usage Count:
569
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Find “Christos” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

1) an anointed person/thing (smeared with oil)
2) figuratively: to be appointed/delegated (i.e., where the anointing is the ceremony of appointment/delegation)
3) traditionally: Christ (i.e., a transliteration of the Greek), Messiah (i.e., a transliteration of the Hebrew equivalent)

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from G5548; anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus:—Christ.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

Christ = “anointed”
1) Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God
2) anointed

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.