Χριστός
Christ
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Vocative
- The case of direct address (“O Lord”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
111 distinct verses where G5547 appears in the Nominative case, across 18 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 8 verses
- Matthew 1:16 Χριστός n nom sg masc Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
- Matthew 2:4 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
- Matthew 16:16 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
- Matthew 16:20 Χριστός n nom sg masc Then he charged the disciples that they should tell no one that he is Jesus the Christ.
- Matthew 23:10 Χριστός n nom sg masc Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
- Matthew 24:5 Χριστός n nom sg masc For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.
- Matthew 24:23 Χριστός n nom sg masc "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.
- Matthew 26:63 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
Mark 5 verses
- Mark 8:29 Χριστός n nom sg masc He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
- Mark 12:35 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
- Mark 13:21 Χριστός n nom sg masc Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.
- Mark 14:61 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
- Mark 15:32 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.
Luke 5 verses
- Luke 2:11 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
- Luke 3:15 Χριστός n nom sg masc As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
- Luke 22:66 Χριστός n nom sg masc As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,
- Luke 23:35 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"
- Luke 23:39 Χριστός n nom sg masc One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!"
John 15 verses
- John 1:20 Χριστός n nom sg masc He confessed, and didn't deny, but he confessed, "I am not the Christ."
- John 1:25 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
- John 1:42 Χριστός n nom sg masc He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).
- John 3:28 Χριστός n nom sg masc You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
- John 4:25 Χριστός n nom sg masc The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is called Christ). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things."
- John 4:29 Χριστός n nom sg masc "Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?"
- John 7:26 Χριστός n nom sg masc Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
- John 7:27 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."
- John 7:31 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, he won't do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?"
- John 7:41 Χριστός Χριστὸς n nom sg masc n nom sg masc Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
- John 7:42 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
- John 10:24 Χριστός n nom sg masc The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
- John 11:27 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God's Son, he who comes into the world."
- John 12:34 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc The multitude answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of Man?"
- John 20:31 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
Acts 4 verses
- Acts 9:22 Χριστός n nom sg masc But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
- Acts 9:34 Χριστός n nom sg masc Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!" Immediately he arose.
- Acts 17:3 Χριστὸν Χριστός n acc sg masc n nom sg masc explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
- Acts 26:23 Χριστός n nom sg masc how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."
Romans 14 verses
- Romans 5:6 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
- Romans 5:8 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
- Romans 6:4 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
- Romans 6:9 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!
- Romans 8:10 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- Romans 8:34 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
- Romans 9:5 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.
- Romans 10:4 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
- Romans 14:9 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
- Romans 14:15 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
- Romans 15:3 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For even Christ didn't please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
- Romans 15:7 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Therefore receive one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.
- Romans 15:18 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
- Romans 15:20 Χριστός n nom sg masc yes, making it my aim to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.
1 Corinthians 18 verses
- 1 Corinthians 1:13 Χριστός n nom sg masc Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
- 1 Corinthians 1:17 Χριστὸς Χριστοῦ n nom sg masc n gen sg masc For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel--not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn't be made void.
- 1 Corinthians 3:11 Χριστός n nom sg masc For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 3:23 Χριστοῦ Χριστὸς n gen sg masc n nom sg masc and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 Χριστός n nom sg masc Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6 Χριστός n nom sg masc yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
- 1 Corinthians 8:11 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4 Χριστός n nom sg masc and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 11:3 Χριστός Χριστοῦ n nom sg masc n gen sg masc But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
- 1 Corinthians 12:12 Χριστός n nom sg masc For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- 1 Corinthians 15:12 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
- 1 Corinthians 15:13 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.
- 1 Corinthians 15:14 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
- 1 Corinthians 15:16 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised.
- 1 Corinthians 15:17 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
- 1 Corinthians 15:23 Χριστός Χριστοῦ n nom sg masc n gen sg masc But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming.
2 Corinthians 2 verses
- 2 Corinthians 1:19 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no," but in him is "Yes."
- 2 Corinthians 13:5 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don't you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you are disqualified.
Galatians 9 verses
- Galatians 2:17 Χριστῷ Χριστὸς n dat sg masc n nom sg masc But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!
- Galatians 2:20 Χριστῷ Χριστός n dat sg masc n nom sg masc I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
- Galatians 2:21 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"
- Galatians 3:1 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth among you as crucified?
- Galatians 3:13 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"
- Galatians 3:16 Χριστός n nom sg masc Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed," which is Christ.
- Galatians 4:19 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you--
- Galatians 5:1 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
- Galatians 5:2 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
Ephesians 6 verses
- Ephesians 4:15 Χριστός n nom sg masc but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;
- Ephesians 5:2 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Ephesians 5:14 Χριστός n nom sg masc Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
- Ephesians 5:23 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
- Ephesians 5:25 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
- Ephesians 5:29 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;
Philippians 4 verses
- Philippians 1:18 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.
- Philippians 1:20 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
- Philippians 1:21 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
- Philippians 2:11 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Colossians 5 verses
- Colossians 1:27 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;
- Colossians 3:1 Χριστῷ Χριστός n dat sg masc n nom sg masc If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
- Colossians 3:4 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
- Colossians 3:11 Χριστός n nom sg masc where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
- Colossians 3:13 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
2 Thessalonians 1 verse
1 Timothy 3 verses
- 1 Timothy 1:15 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
- 1 Timothy 1:16 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
- 1 Timothy 2:5 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Hebrews 6 verses
- Hebrews 3:6 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
- Hebrews 5:5 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc So also Christ didn't glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him, "You are my Son. Today I have become your father."
- Hebrews 9:11 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
- Hebrews 9:24 Χριστός n nom sg masc For Christ hasn't entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
- Hebrews 9:28 Χριστός n nom sg masc so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.
- Hebrews 13:8 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
1 Peter 2 verses
- 1 Peter 2:21 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,
- 1 Peter 3:18 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
2 Peter 1 verse
1 John 3 verses
- 1 John 2:22 Χριστός n nom sg masc Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
- 1 John 5:1 Χριστὸς n nom sg masc Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the father also loves the child who is born of him.
- 1 John 5:6 Χριστός n nom sg masc This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“Christ” is the headline sense of the Greek name Χριστος (Christós). Scripture first uses it in Matthew 1:1. With 499 verses in 26 books, it is a common word in the Greek New Testament. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G5547 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 499
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 499 distinct verses.
- 26 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 26 of 27 New Testament books.
- #37
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 37 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 499 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Romans 65 verses 13%
- 1 Corinthians 54 verses 11%
- 2 Corinthians 44 verses 9%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 499 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 357 verses · 72%
- Gospels 53 verses · 11%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 45 verses · 9%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 37 verses · 7%
- Johannine 36 verses · 7%
- Hebrews 12 verses · 2%
- Revelation 7 verses · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Christ 538×, Christ's 12×, Is christ 5×
- American Standard Version: Christ 486×, Is christ 5×, Lord 4×
- Berean Standard Bible: Christ 519×, Christ’s 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Christ 528×, Christ s 3×, Is 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G5547 across 569 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G5547 across 526 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 7 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G5547 across 528 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G5547 across 540 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 3 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- Christ = "anointed"
- Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God
- anointed
Word origin
Derived from χριω (chríō) (G5548) — to anoint.
From G5548 ; anointed that is the messiah an epithet of Jesus : - christ.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 7 distinct written forms G5547 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Χριστοῦ Christoû | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 1:1 | 249 |
| Χριστῷ Christō̂ | Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine | Romans 3:24 | 103 |
| Χριστὸς Christòs | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 2:4 | 71 |
| Χριστὸν Christòn | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Luke 2:26 | 44 |
| Χριστός Christós | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 1:16 | 41 |
| Χριστόν Christón | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 27:17 | 21 |
| Χριστέ Christé | Noun, Vocative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 26:68 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G5547, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
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Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Christ). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Anointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered "Messiah" (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five hundred and fourteen times in the New Testament. It denotes that he was anointed or consecrated to his great redemptive work as Prophet, Priest, and King of his people. He is Jesus the Christ (Acts 17:3; 18:5; Matt. 22:42), the Anointed One. He is thus spoken of by Isaiah (61:1), and by Daniel (9:24-26), who styles him "Messiah the Prince."
The Messiah is the same person as "the seed of the woman" (Gen. 3:15), "the seed of Abraham" (Gen. 22:18), the "Prophet like unto Moses" (Deut. 18:15), "the priest after the order of Melchizedek" (Ps. 110:4), "the rod out of the stem of Jesse" (Isa. 11:1, 10), the "Immanuel," the virgin's son (Isa. 7:14), "the branch of Jehovah" (Isa. 4:2), and "the messenger of the covenant" (Mal. 3:1). This is he "of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write." The Old Testament Scripture is full of prophetic declarations regarding the Great Deliverer and the work he was to accomplish. Jesus the Christ is Jesus the Great Deliverer, the Anointed One, the Saviour of men. This name denotes that Jesus was divinely appointed, commissioned, and accredited as the Saviour of men (Heb. 5:4; Isa. 11:2-4; 49:6; John 5:37; Acts 2:22).
To believe that "Jesus is the Christ" is to believe that he is the Anointed, the Messiah of the prophets, the Saviour sent of God, that he was, in a word, what he claimed to be. This is to believe the gospel, by the faith of which alone men can be brought unto God. That Jesus is the Christ is the testimony of God, and the faith of this constitutes a Christian (1 Cor. 12:3; 1 John 5:1).
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
[Jesus]
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
anointed
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word Χριστος appears 41 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 40 verses in 11 books.
- 41
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 40
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 11 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 11 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Leviticus 4:5 χριστός
- 1 Samuel 2:10 χριστός
- 2 Samuel 1:14 χριστός
- 1 Chronicles 16:22 χριστός
- 2 Chronicles 6:42 χριστός
- Psalms 2:2 χριστός
- Isaiah 45:1 χριστός
- Lamentations 4:20 χριστός
- Daniel 9:26 χριστός
- Amos 4:13 χριστός
- Habakkuk 3:13 χριστός
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G5547) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Leviticus 4:5 χριστός The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:16 χριστός The anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bull to the Tent of Meeting:
- Leviticus 6:15 χριστός He shall take from there his handful of the fine flour of the meal offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the meal offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet savor, as its memorial, to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 21:10 χριστός "'He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor tear his clothes;
- Leviticus 21:12 χριστός neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 2:10 χριστός Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in the sky: Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth; He will give strength to his king, Exalt the horn of his anointed.
- 1 Samuel 2:35 χριστός I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.
- 1 Samuel 12:3 χριστός Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
- 1 Samuel 12:5 χριστός He said to them, Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. They said, He is witness.
- 1 Samuel 16:6 χριστός It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him.
- 1 Samuel 24:7 χριστός So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
- 1 Samuel 24:11 χριστός Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know you and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt after my life to take it.
- 1 Samuel 26:9 χριστός David said to Abishai, Don't destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be guiltless?
- 1 Samuel 26:11 χριστός Yahweh forbid that I should put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed: but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.
- 1 Samuel 26:16 χριστός This thing isn't good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh's anointed. Now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.
- 1 Samuel 26:23 χριστός Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn't put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed.
- 2 Samuel 1:14 χριστός David said to him, How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed?
- 2 Samuel 1:16 χριστός David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain Yahweh's anointed.
- 2 Samuel 2:5 χριστός David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, Blessed be you of Yahweh, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.
- 2 Samuel 19:22 χριστός David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for don't I know that I am this day king over Israel?
- 2 Samuel 22:51 χριστός Great deliverance gives he to his king, Shows loving kindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore.
- 2 Samuel 23:1 χριστός Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, The man who was raised on high says, The anointed of the God of Jacob, The sweet psalmist of Israel:
- 1 Chronicles 16:22 χριστός [Saying], Don't touch my anointed ones, Do my prophets no harm.
- 2 Chronicles 6:42 χριστός Yahweh God, don't turn away the face of your anointed: remember [your] loving kindnesses to David your servant.
- 2 Chronicles 22:7 χριστός Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
- Psalms 2:2 χριστός The kings of the earth take a stand, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Yahweh, and against his anointed, saying,
- Psalms 17:51 χριστός
- Psalms 19:7 χριστός Yahweh's law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh's testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
- Psalms 27:8 χριστός When you said, "Seek my face," My heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh."
- Psalms 83:10 χριστός Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.
- Psalms 88:39 χριστός
- Psalms 88:52 χριστός
- Psalms 104:15 χριστός Wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens man's heart.
- Psalms 131:10 χριστός
- Psalms 131:17 χριστός
- Isaiah 45:1 χριστός Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
- Lamentations 4:20 χριστός The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
- Daniel 9:26 χριστός After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end of it shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
- Amos 4:13 χριστός For, behold, he who forms the mountains, And creates the wind, And declares to man what is his thought; Who makes the morning darkness, And treads on the high places of the Earth: Yahweh, the God of hosts, is his name."
- Habakkuk 3:13 χριστός You went forth for the salvation of your people, For the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G5547) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
