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,
See every passage
- Matthew 16 verses
- Mark 7 verses
- Luke 12 verses
- John 18 verses
- Acts 24 verses
- Romans 63 verses
- 1 Corinthians 55 verses
- 2 Corinthians 43 verses
- Galatians 33 verses
- Ephesians 43 verses
- Philippians 34 verses
- Colossians 24 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 9 verses
- 2 Thessalonians 10 verses
- 1 Timothy 14 verses
- 2 Timothy 12 verses
- Titus 4 verses
- Philemon 8 verses
- Hebrews 12 verses
- James 2 verses
- 1 Peter 20 verses
- 2 Peter 7 verses
- 1 John 8 verses
- 2 John 3 verses
- Jude 5 verses
- Revelation 7 verses
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.