Greek Word Study
G5547
Χριστός
Christós
G5547 · Greek
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
Verses with this word
John 1:20
“And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.”
John 1:25
“And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prop...”
John 3:28
“Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.”
John 4:29
“Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?”
John 6:69
“And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.”