Χριστός
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
A noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “of an ointment, etc.: to be rubbed on; of a person: ceremonially anointed”) (a semantic loan from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ) and Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)) from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to anoint; to rub, smear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to smear”)) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives).
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/
Proper noun
Χρῑστός • (Khrīstós) m (genitive Χρῑστοῦ); second declension
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)
Derived terms
- Ἰησοῦς Χριστός (Iēsoûs Khristós)
- Χρῑστῐᾱνός (Khrīstiānós)
- ☧
Descendants
- Greek: Χριστός (Christós)
- → Coptic: ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ (khristos)
- → Gothic: 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (xristus)
- → Latin: Chrīstus (see there for further descendants)
- →⇒ Laz: ხისტონა (xisťona), ხისტრონა (xisťrona); ხისთანა (xistana); ხრისთინა (xristina); ხრისტანა (xrisťana)
- → Old Armenian: Քրիստոս (Kʻristos)
- Armenian: Քրիստոս (Kʻristos)
- → Old Georgian: ქრისტე (krisṭe) (or from Latin)
- Georgian: ქრისტე (krisṭe)
- → Old Church Slavonic: христосъ (xristosŭ), христъ (xristŭ), хрьстосъ (xrĭstosŭ), хрьстъ (xrĭstŭ)
- → 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
Proper noun
Χριστός • (Christós) m (plural Christós)
- (Christianity) Jesus Christ (the Messiah named Jesus)
- Coordinate term: (male given name) Χρίστος (Chrístos)
Declension
Χριστός
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”)
Further reading
Ιησούς Χριστός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
