Christós — G5547

G5547 · Greek — Χριστός

Pronunciation: khris-tos'

Definition

adjective

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

  1. of the Messiah, viewed in his generic aspects (the word, that is to say, being used as an appellative rather than a proper name), ὁ χριστός
  2. It is added, as an appellative (`Messiah', 'anointed'), to the proper name Ἰησοῦς a. Ἰησοῦς ὁ χριστός, Jesus the Christ (`Messiah')
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Usually translated as

Christ

Origin

from G5548

Occurrences

Christós occurs 569 times in 529 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (17), Mark (7), Luke (12), John (20), Acts (30), Romans (68), 1 Corinthians (59), 2 Corinthians (45), Galatians (35), Ephesians (43), Philippians (36), Colossians (24), 1 Thessalonians (13), 2 Thessalonians (12), 1 Timothy (15), 2 Timothy (14), Titus (4), Philemon (7), Hebrews (13), James (2), 1 Peter (19), 2 Peter (7), 1 John (10), 2 John (3), Jude (4), Revelation (10)

Strong's Lexicon — C