Greek

Christ

ΧριστόςStrong’s G5547

Christos

Appears in 526 verses of the New Testament

In short

Christos is the Greek word usually translated “christ”, “from christ” and “christ s”. It appears in 526 verses of the New Testament.

“Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:”

2 Thessalonians 1:1 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “christ”, “from christ” and “christ s”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

christ 452
of christ 100
to christ 3
from christ 3
christ s 2
of christ s 1
about christ 1
in christ 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Romans 66
1 Corinthians 59
Ephesians 45
2 Corinthians 44
Galatians 36
Philippians 35

26 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

All 526 verses, by book

Matthew 17: 1:1 1:16 1:17 1:18 2:4 11:2 16:16 16:20 22:42 23:8 23:10 24:5 24:23 26:63 26:68 27:17 27:22
Mark 7: 1:1 8:29 9:41 12:35 13:21 14:61 15:32
Luke 12: 2:11 2:26 3:15 4:41 9:20 20:41 22:67 23:2 23:35 23:39 24:26 24:46
John 20: 1:17 1:20 1:25 1:41 3:28 4:25 4:29 4:42 6:69 7:26 7:27 7:31 7:41 7:42 9:22 10:24 11:27 12:34 17:3 20:31
Acts 29: 2:30 2:31 2:36 2:38 3:6 3:18 3:20 4:10 4:26 5:42 8:5 8:12 8:37 9:22 9:34 10:36 11:17 15:11 15:26 16:18 16:31 17:3 18:5 18:28 19:4 20:21 24:24 26:23 28:31
Romans 66: 1:1 1:4 1:6 1:7 1:8 1:16 2:16 3:22 3:24 5:1 5:6 5:8 5:11 5:15 5:17 5:21 6:3 6:4 6:8 6:9 6:11 6:23 7:4 7:25 8:1 8:2 8:9 8:10 8:11 8:17 8:34 8:35 8:39 9:1 9:3 9:5 10:4 10:6 10:7 10:17 12:5 13:14 14:9 14:15 14:18 15:3 15:5 15:6 15:7 15:8 15:16 15:17 15:18 15:19 15:20 15:29 15:30 16:3 16:5 16:7 16:9 16:10 16:16 16:18 16:20 16:24
1 Corinthians 59: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:6 1:7 1:8 1:9 1:10 1:12 1:13 1:17 1:23 1:24 1:30 2:2 2:16 3:1 3:11 3:23 4:1 4:10 4:15 4:17 5:4 5:7 6:15 7:22 8:6 8:11 8:12 9:1 9:12 9:18 9:21 10:4 10:9 10:16 11:1 11:3 12:12 12:27 15:3 15:12 15:13 15:14 15:15 15:16 15:17 15:18 15:19 15:20 15:22 15:23 15:31 15:57 16:22 16:23 16:24
2 Corinthians 44: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:5 1:19 1:21 2:10 2:12 2:14 2:15 2:17 3:3 3:4 3:14 4:4 4:5 4:6 5:10 5:14 5:16 5:17 5:18 5:19 5:20 6:15 8:9 8:23 9:13 10:1 10:5 10:7 10:14 11:2 11:3 11:10 11:13 11:23 11:31 12:2 12:9 12:10 12:19 13:3 13:5
Galatians 36: 1:1 1:3 1:6 1:7 1:10 1:12 1:22 2:4 2:16 2:17 2:20 2:21 3:1 3:13 3:14 3:16 3:17 3:22 3:24 3:26 3:27 3:28 3:29 4:7 4:14 4:19 5:1 5:2 5:4 5:6 5:24 6:2 6:12 6:14 6:15 6:18
Ephesians 45: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:5 1:10 1:12 1:17 1:20 2:5 2:6 2:7 2:10 2:12 2:13 2:20 3:1 3:4 3:6 3:8 3:9 3:11 3:14 3:17 3:19 3:21 4:7 4:12 4:13 4:15 4:20 4:32 5:2 5:5 5:14 5:20 5:21 5:23 5:24 5:25 5:29 5:32 6:5 6:6 6:23 6:24
Philippians 35: 1:1 1:2 1:6 1:8 1:10 1:11 1:13 1:15 1:18 1:19 1:20 1:21 1:23 1:26 1:27 1:29 2:1 2:5 2:11 2:16 2:21 2:30 3:3 3:7 3:8 3:9 3:12 3:14 3:18 3:20 4:7 4:13 4:19 4:21 4:23
Colossians 24: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:7 1:24 1:27 1:28 2:2 2:5 2:6 2:8 2:11 2:17 2:20 3:1 3:3 3:4 3:11 3:15 3:16 3:24 4:3 4:12
1 Thessalonians 12: 1:1 1:3 2:14 2:19 3:2 3:11 3:13 4:16 5:9 5:18 5:23 5:28
2 Thessalonians 11: 1:1 1:2 1:8 1:12 2:1 2:14 2:16 3:5 3:6 3:12 3:18
1 Timothy 15: 1:1 1:2 1:12 1:14 1:15 1:16 2:5 2:7 3:13 4:6 5:11 5:21 6:3 6:13 6:14
2 Timothy 13: 1:1 1:2 1:9 1:10 1:13 2:1 2:3 2:8 2:10 3:12 3:15 4:1 4:22
Titus 4: 1:1 1:4 2:13 3:6
Philemon 8: 1:1 1:3 1:6 1:8 1:9 1:20 1:23 1:25
Hebrews 13: 3:1 3:6 3:14 5:5 6:1 9:11 9:14 9:24 9:28 10:10 11:26 13:8 13:21
James 2: 1:1 2:1
1 Peter 20: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:7 1:11 1:13 1:19 2:5 2:21 3:15 3:16 3:18 3:21 4:1 4:11 4:13 4:14 5:1 5:10 5:14
2 Peter 7: 1:1 1:8 1:11 1:14 1:16 2:20 3:18
1 John 10: 1:3 1:7 2:1 2:22 3:23 4:2 4:3 5:1 5:6 5:20
2 John 3: 1:3 1:7 1:9
Jude 4: 1:1 1:4 1:17 1:21
Revelation 10: 1:1 1:2 1:5 1:9 11:15 12:10 12:17 20:4 20:6 22:21

Greek dictionary

Χριστός Christos · Christ

χριστός (Χρ-), -ή, -όν (χρίω), [in LXX for מָשִׁיחַ and cogn. forms ;] 1. 1. as adj., (a) of things, anointing, to be used as ointment (Æsch., Eur., al.; τ. ἔλαιον τὸ χ., Lev.21:10); (b) of persons, anointed (ὁ ἰερεὺς ὁ χ., Lev.4:5; οἱ χ. ἰευρεῖς, 2Ma.1:10): ὁ χ. τοῦ κυρίου or Θεοῦ (1Ki.2:10, Psa.2:2, al.), of the Messiah (Aram., מְשִׁיחָא; cf. Dalman, Words, 289 ff.), Luk.2:11, 26 Jhn.1:41, Act.2:36 4:26, al. …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “christ” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CHRIST, noun

THE ANOINTED; an appellation given to the Savior of the World, and synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah. It was a custom of antiquity to consecrate persons to the sacerdotal and regal offices by anointing them with oil.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.