ΧΡΙΣΤΟ, χριστο
CHRISTO, christo
Sounds Like: khree-STOH
Translations: Christ, the Anointed One, Messiah
From the root: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the 'Anointed One' or 'Messiah'. In the New Testament, it is primarily used as a title for Jesus, indicating his role as the divinely appointed savior. It can be used in various grammatical cases depending on its function in a sentence, such as the nominative for the subject or the accusative for the direct object.
Inflection: Singular, Vocative or Accusative (truncated form of ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ), Masculine
Strong’s number: G5547 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 5:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΧΡΙΣΟΣ — Christ, Anointed One, Messiah
- ΧΡΙΣΤ — Christ, Anointed One, a Christ, an Anointed One
- ΧΡΙΣΤΕ — Christ, O Christ
- ΧΡΙΣΤΟΙ — Christs, anointed ones
- ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ — Christ, the Christ, Anointed One, the Anointed One
- ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ — Christ, Anointed One, Messiah, a Christ, an Anointed One
- ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ — of Christ, of the Anointed One, of the Messiah
- ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΣ — Christs, anointed ones, Messiahs
- ΧΡΙΣΤΩ — (to) Christ, (to) the Anointed One, (to) the Messiah
- ΧΡΙΣΤΩΝ — of anointed ones, of Christs, of Messiahs
- Χ‾Υ‾ — (of) Christ
- ‾ΧΝ‾ — Christ, the Christ, Anointed One, the Anointed One
- ‾ΧΡΥ‾ — of Christ
- ‾ΧΣ‾ — Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah
- ‾ΧΥ‾ — (of) Christ
- ‾ΧΩ‾ — (to) Christ, (in) Christ
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