Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /xristós/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xristós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xɾistós/

Proper noun

Χρῑστός • ‎(Khrīstós) m ‎(genitive χριστοῦ); second declension

1. Messiah or Christ, an epithet of Jesus of Nazareth

Inflection

Derived terms

• Χριστιανός ‎(Khristianós)

Synonyms

• Μεσσίας ‎(Messías)

Descendants

• English: Christ
• French: Christ
• Greek: Χριστός ‎(Christós)
• Italian: Cristo
• Latin: Christus
• Polish: Chrystus
• Russian: Христо́с ‎(Xristós)
• Spanish: Cristo
• Bulgarian: Христос ‎(Hristos)

References

• Χριστός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «Χριστός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G5547”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Greek

Proper noun

Χριστός • ‎(Christós) m

1. (Christianity) Jesus Christ (the Messiah named Jesus)

Declension

Related terms

• χριστιανός m ‎(christianós, “Christian”)
• χριστιανή f ‎(christianí, “Christian”)
• χριστιανικός ‎(christianikós, “Christian”) (adjective)
• χριστιανισμός m ‎(christianismós, “Christianity”)
• χριστιανοσύνη m ‎(christianosýni, “Christendom”)

See also

• Χρίστος m ‎(Chrístos, “Christos”) (male given name)

Ancient Greek

Adjective

χρῑστός • ‎(khrīstós) m ‎(feminine χρῑστή, neuter χρῑστόν); first/second declension

1. to be rubbed on, used as ointment or salve
2. (biblical, in the Septuagint) describing someone who was ceremonially anointed

Inflection

Antonyms

• (to be rubbed on): πῑστός ‎(pīstós, “to be drunk”)

Noun

χριστός • ‎(khristós) m ‎(genitive χριστοῦ); second declension

1. (biblical) anointed one, translation of Hebrew משיח ‎(mashiach, “messiah”)

Inflection

Derived terms

• Χριστός ‎(Khristós)
• Χριστιανός ‎(Khristianós)

Descendants

References

• χριστός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χριστός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «χριστός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G5547”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979