Χριστός Christos

Greek word for “Christ” · Strong’s G5547 · used 529 times in 498 verses

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Meaning

χριστός (Χρ-), -ή, -όν;

How it is translated

Glosses given for Christos in context, with how often each is used:

• christ 508
• christ? 9
• christ’s 3
• christ — 3
• christ is 2
• christ! 1
• about christ 1
• 20 to christ 1
• christ's 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Philippians 1 (17), 1 Corinthians 1 (15), 1 Corinthians 15 (14), Romans 15 (12), Galatians 3 (10), Ephesians 5 (10), Romans 8 (9), Romans 16 (9), Ephesians 1 (8), Ephesians 3 (8)

Forms

• Χριστοῦ 245
• Χριστῷ 103
• Χριστὸς 57
• Χριστὸν 36
• Χριστός 19
• χριστός 19
• χριστὸς 16
• χριστὸν 14
• Χριστόν 12
• χριστοῦ 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with Christos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• χάρις charis “grace” 51
• πίστις pistis “faith” 38
• εἰ ei “if” 45
• κατά kata “according to” 43
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 31
• νεκρός nekros “dead” 29
• δόξα doxa “glory” 30
• πατήρ patēr “father” 38
• ἀγάπη agapē “love” 25
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 34
• εἰρήνη eirēnē “peace” 22
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 23

Key verses

The verses using Christos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Corinthians 1:30 — But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
• 2 Corinthians 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,…
• 2 Corinthians 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
• Ephesians 5:2 — And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
• Colossians 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in…
• Hebrews 9:14 — How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the…
• 1 Peter 1:2 — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace…
• 1 Peter 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of…
• 1 Peter 2:5 — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son…
• Revelation 1:5 — And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and…
• Revelation 11:15 — And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.