χριστός
See also: Χριστός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to rub, ceremonially anoint”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix). Cognate with Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰriːs.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰrisˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xrisˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xrisˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xrisˈtos/
- Homophone: χρηστός (khrēstós) (Koine from the 4th century AD on)
Adjective
χρῑστός • (khrīstós) m (feminine χρῑστή, neuter χρῑστόν); first/second declension
- to be rubbed on, used as ointment or salve
- (biblical, in the Septuagint) describing someone who was ceremonially anointed
Inflection
First and second declension of χρῑστός; χρῑστή; χρῑστόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | χρῑστός khrīstós | χρῑστή khrīstḗ | χρῑστόν khrīstón | χρῑστώ khrīstṓ | χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́ | χρῑστώ khrīstṓ | χρῑστοί khrīstoí | χρῑσταί khrīstaí | χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstá | |||||
Genitive | χρῑστοῦ khrīstoû | χρῑστῆς khrīstês | χρῑστοῦ khrīstoû | χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn | χρῑσταῖν khrīstaîn | χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn | χρῑστῶν khrīstôn | χρῑστῶν khrīstôn | χρῑστῶν khrīstôn | |||||
Dative | χρῑστῷ khrīstôi | χρῑστῇ khrīstêi | χρῑστῷ khrīstôi | χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn | χρῑσταῖν khrīstaîn | χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn | χρῑστοῖς khrīstoîs | χρῑσταῖς khrīstaîs | χρῑστοῖς khrīstoîs | |||||
Accusative | χρῑστόν khrīstón | χρῑστήν khrīstḗn | χρῑστόν khrīstón | χρῑστώ khrīstṓ | χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́ | χρῑστώ khrīstṓ | χρῑστούς khrīstoús | χρῑστᾱ́ς khrīstā́s | χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstá | |||||
Vocative | χρῑστέ khrīsté | χρῑστή khrīstḗ | χρῑστόν khrīstón | χρῑστώ khrīstṓ | χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́ | χρῑστώ khrīstṓ | χρῑστοί khrīstoí | χρῑσταί khrīstaí | χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
χρῑστῶς khrīstôs | χρῑστότερος khrīstóteros | χρῑστότᾰτος khrīstótatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
χριστός • (khristós) m (genitive χριστοῦ); second declension
- (biblical) anointed one, translation of Hebrew משיח (mashiach, “messiah”)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ χριστός; τοῦ χριστοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ χριστός ho khristós | τὼ χριστώ tṑ khristṓ | οἱ χριστοί hoi khristoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χριστοῦ toû khristoû | τοῖν χριστοῖν toîn khristoîn | τῶν χριστῶν tôn khristôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χριστῷ tôi khristôi | τοῖν χριστοῖν toîn khristoîn | τοῖς χριστοῖς toîs khristoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν χριστόν tòn khristón | τὼ χριστώ tṑ khristṓ | τοὺς χριστούς toùs khristoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | χριστέ khristé | χριστώ khristṓ | χριστοί khristoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Χριστός (Khristós)
- Χριστιανός (Khristianós)
Descendants
- English: Christ
- Greek: Χριστός (Christós)
- Latin: Christus
- Russian: Христос (Xristós)
References
- χριστός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χριστός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- 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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979