Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Μεσσῑ́ᾱς • ‎(Messī́ās) m ‎(genitive Μεσσῑ́ου); first declension

1. (biblical) Messiah or Christ; the Anointed one

Inflection

Synonyms

• Χριστός ‎(Khristós)

Descendants

• English: messiah
• Latin: Messīās

References

• “G3323”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979