ΧριστόςChristós

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

Greek (New Testament) · G5547

Meanings

1. as

(a) of things, anointing, to be used as ointment (Æsch., Eur., and elsewhere; τ. ἔλαιον τὸ χ., Leviticus 21:10)

(b) of persons, anointed (ὁ ἰερεὺς ὁ χ., Leviticus 4:5; οἱ χ. ἰευρεῖς, 2 Maccabees 1:10): ὁ χ. τοῦ κυρίου or Θεοῦ (1 Kings 2:10, Psalms 2:2, and elsewhere), of the Messiah, Luke 2:11, Luke 2:26, John 1:41, Acts 2:36, Acts 4:26, and elsewhere

2. As as a noun, ὁ Χριστός, the Messiah, the Christ: Matthew 2:4, Mark 8:29, Luke 2:11, John 1:20, Acts 2:31, Romans 7:4, and elsewhere; Ἰησοῦς Χ., Mark 1:1, John 1:17, Acts 2:38, and elsewhere; Χ. Ἰησοῦς, Matthew 1:18, WH, margin Acts 5:42, Romans 6:3, and elsewhere; Χ. κύριος, Luke 2:11; Ἰησοῦς Χ. ὁ κύριος, Acts 15:26, Romans 1:7, and elsewhere

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 523 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 1:1 This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham:
  • Matthew 1:16 Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.
  • Matthew 1:17 All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.
  • Matthew 1:18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • Matthew 2:4 He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”
  • Matthew 11:2 John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus,
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.