#34 · 529× in the NT · proper · masculine

ὁ ὁ Χριστός

Christ, Anointed One

Χριστός

History

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In the NT

  • σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστός

    you are the Christ

    Matt 16:16 · dictionary form

  • εὑρήκαμεν τὸν Μεσσίαν, ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον χριστός

    we have found the Messiah, which is translated Christ

    John 1:41

  • ἵνα μηδενὶ εἴπωσιν ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστός

    that they should tell no one that he is the Christ

    Matt 16:20

Morphology

2nd-declension masculine · Χριστός, Χριστοῦ, Χριστῷ, Χριστόν

Translates Messiah. Often articular in the Gospels; frequently anarthrous in Paul.

2nd decl. like κύριος. Often articular in the Gospels (ὁ χριστός = the Messiah); in Paul often anarthrous as a name.

Further reading

Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.