Χριστός

See also Χρήστος, and Χρίστος

Ancient Greek

Wikipedia

Etymology

From χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /kʰri͜istós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kʰriːstós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /xristós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /xristós/

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

Proper noun

Χριστός (genitive χριστοῦ) m, second declension; (Khristos)

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

Inflection

Second declension of Χριστός, Χριστοῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Χριστός	τὼ Χριστώ	οἱ Χριστοί
Genitive	τοῦ Χριστοῦ	τοῖν Χριστοῖν	τῶν Χριστῶν
Dative	τῷ Χριστῷ	τοῖν Χριστοῖν	τοῖς Χριστοῖς
Accusative	τὸν Χριστόν	τὼ Χριστώ	τοὺς Χριστούς
Vocative	Χριστέ	Χριστώ	Χριστοί

Derived terms

• Χριστιανός

Descendants

• English: Christ
• French: Christ
• Greek: Χριστός (Christós)
• Latin: Christus
• Russian: Христос (Xristós)

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5547

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Greek

Proper noun

Χριστός m (Christós, )

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

Declension

    declension of Χριστός

	singular (ενικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	Χριστός
genitive (γενική)	Χριστού
accusative (αιτιατική)	Χριστό
vocative (κλητική)	Χριστέ
the form Χριστόν is found

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, “man's name”)

External links

• Ιησούς Χριστός on the Greek Wikipedia.el.Wikipedia:Ιησούς Χριστός