Χριστός

See also: χριστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῑστός (khrīstós, “the anointed one”); a semantic loan from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ‎ (mašīaḥ) and Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ‎ (m'šīḥāʿ).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰriːs.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰrisˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/

Proper noun

Χρῑστός • (Khrīstós) m (genitive Χρῑστοῦ); second declension

Messiah or Christ, an epithet of Jesus of Nazareth

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Χρῑστός; τοῦ Χρῑστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Χρῑστός ho Khrīstós	τὼ Χρῑστώ tṑ Khrīstṓ	οἱ Χρῑστοί hoi Khrīstoí
Genitive	τοῦ Χρῑστοῦ toû Khrīstoû	τοῖν Χρῑστοῖν toîn Khrīstoîn	τῶν Χρῑστῶν tôn Khrīstôn
Dative	τῷ Χρῑστῷ tôi Khrīstôi	τοῖν Χρῑστοῖν toîn Khrīstoîn	τοῖς Χρῑστοῖς toîs Khrīstoîs
Accusative	τὸν Χρῑστόν tòn Khrīstón	τὼ Χρῑστώ tṑ Khrīstṓ	τοὺς Χρῑστούς toùs Khrīstoús
Vocative	Χρῑστέ Khrīsté	Χρῑστώ Khrīstṓ	Χρῑστοί Khrīstoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)

Derived terms

Ἰησοῦς Χριστός (Iēsoûs Khristós)
Χρῑστῐᾱνός (Khrīstiānós)
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Descendants

Greek: Χριστός (Christós)
→ Coptic: ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ (khristos)
→ Gothic: 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (xristus)
→ Latin: Chrīstus (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: Քրիստոս (Kʿristos)
- Armenian: Քրիստոս (Kʿristos)
→ Old Georgian: ქრისტე (krisṭe) (or from Latin)
- Georgian: ქრისტე (krisṭe)
  - → Bats: ქრისტე (krisṭe)
  - → Mingrelian: ქირსე (kirse, “Christmas; Christ”), ქრისტე (krisṭe, “Christ”)
    - → Abkhaz: Қьы́рса (Kʲə́rsa, “Christmas; Christ”)
  - → Svan: ქრისდე (krisde), ქრისტე (krisṭe)
  - → Ossetian:
    - Digor: Киристе (Kiriste, “Christ”)
    - Iron: Чырысти (Ḱyrysti, “Christ”)
→ Old Church Slavonic: христосъ (xristosŭ), христъ (xristŭ), хрьстосъ (xrĭstosŭ), хрьстъ (xrĭstŭ)
- Bulgarian: Христос (Hristos)
- → Russian: Христо́с (Xristós)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Христос, Hristos
- → Ukrainian: Христо́с (Xrystós)
→ Proto-Slavic: *krьstъ (“baptism, cross”) (see there for further descendants)

References

“Χριστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Χριστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G5547 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek, from Koine Greek, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xɾiˈstos/

Proper noun

Χριστός • (Christós) m (plural Christós)

(Christianity) Jesus Christ (the Messiah named Jesus)
Coordinate term: (male given name) Χρίστος (Chrístos)

Declension

Χριστός

case \ number	singular
nominative	Χριστός •
genitive	Χριστού •
accusative	Χριστό •
vocative	Χριστέ •
the form Χριστόν is found

Related terms

αντιχριστιανικός (antichristianikós, “unchristian, antichristian”, adjective)
αντίχριστος (antíchristos, “not Christian”, adjective)
Αντίχριστος n (Antíchristos, “the Antichrist”)
χριστιανή f (christianí, “Christian”)
χριστιανικός (christianikós, “Christian”, adjective)
χριστιανισμός m (christianismós, “Christianity”)
χριστιανός m (christianós, “Christian”)
χριστιανοσύνη m (christianosýni, “Christendom”)

Χριστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Related terms

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