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

Where Christos appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Christos (G5547) stands behind 568 English renderings in 528 verses across 26 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in 1 Corinthians (69), Romans (67), 2 Corinthians (48).

How the King James Bible renders Christos, by count

• christ548 of 568 (96 percent)
• christs12 of 568 (2 percent)
• christs sake3 of 568 (1 percent)
• christs stead1 of 568 (0 percent)
• is1 of 568 (0 percent)
• that christ1 of 568 (0 percent)

Three places to read Christos

• Matthew 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
• 1 Corinthians 4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
• Philippians 2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

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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