Bible word study
Christos (Strong’s G5547): Meaning in the Bible
Christos (Χριστός) is the Greek word numbered G5547 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. In the King James Bible it is translated Christ..
- Original wordΧριστός
- TransliterationChristós
- Pronunciationkhris-tos'
- Strong’s numberG5547
- LanguageGreek
The full Strong’s definition
Derivation. from G5548;
How the King James Bible translates it
And Christ
Christos renders the Hebrew Messiah, the Anointed One long promised. Christians confess that the promise landed on Jesus of Nazareth, the anointed King, Priest, and Prophet in one.
The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.
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