χριστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρίω (khríō, “to rub, anoint”).

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/

Adjective

χριστός m, χριστή f, χριστόν n; first/second declension; (khristos)

1. to be rubbed on, used as ointment or salve
2. of persons anointed

Inflection

    First and second declension of χριστός, χριστή, χριστόν

Number	Singular				Dual				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	χριστός	χριστή	χριστόν		χριστώ	χριστά	χριστώ		χριστοί	χρισταί	χριστά
Genitive	χριστοῦ	χριστῆς	χριστοῦ		χριστοῖν	χρισταῖν	χριστοῖν		χριστῶν	χριστῶν	χριστῶν
Dative	χριστῷ	χριστῇ	χριστῷ		χριστοῖν	χρισταῖν	χριστοῖν		χριστοῖς	χρισταῖς	χριστοῖς
Accusative	χριστόν	χριστήν	χριστόν		χριστώ	χριστά	χριστώ		χριστούς	χριστάς	χριστά
Vocative	χριστέ	χριστή	χριστόν		χριστώ	χριστά	χριστώ		χριστοί	χρισταί	χριστά

Noun

χριστός (genitive χριστοῦ) m, second declension; (khristos)

1. anointed one
2. counterpart to Hebrew משיח (messiah) in Jewish/Christian writings

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

• Χριστός
• Χριστιανός

Descendants

English: Christ Greek: Χριστός (Christós)

Latin: Christus Russian: Христос (Xristós)

References

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