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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #5546 - Χριστιανός

Transliteration

Christianós

Phonetics

khris-tee-an-os'

Origin

from (G5547)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

9:493,1322

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

Christian, a follower of Christ

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Acts 2

1 Peter 1

NAS (3)

Acts 2

1 Peter 1

HCS (3)

Acts 2

1 Peter 1

BSB (3)

Acts 2

1 Peter 1

ESV (3)

Acts 2

1 Peter 1

WEB (3)

Acts 2

1 Peter 1

KJV (3)

Christian 2

Christians 1

NAS (3)

Christian 2

Christians 1

HCS (3)

Christian 1

Christians 1

a Christian 1

BSB (3)

Christians 1

a Christian 2

ESV (3)

Christian 2

Christians 1

WEB (3)

Christians 1

a Christian 1

for being a Christian 1

RAH

ANT

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

BEZ

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

BGB

N-AMP 1

N-AMS 1

N-NMS 1

BMT

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

BYZ

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

ELZ

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

NA26

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

SBL

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

SCV

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

STV

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

TIS

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

N-APM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

χριστιᾱνός, ὁ,

Christian, Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28; , etc. Adv. -νῶς, ζῆν Porph. ap. Eus. PE 6.19.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

Χριστιανός (cf. Lightfoot on Philip., p. 16 note), Χριστιανου, ὁ (Χριστός), a Christian, a follower of Christ: Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16. The name was first given to the worshippers of Jesus by the Gentiles, but from the second century (Justin Martyr (e. g. Apology 1, 4, p. 55 a.; dialog contra Trypho, § 35; cf. 'Teaching etc. 12, 4 [ET])) onward accepted by them as a title of honor. CL Lipsius, Ueber Ursprung u. ältesten Gebrauch des Christennamens. 4to, pp. 20, Jen. 1873. (CL Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word, 2; Farrar in Alex.'s Kitto, under the word; on the 'Titles of Believers in the N. T.' see Westcott, Epistles of St. John, p. 125f; cf. Dict. of Chris. Antiqq., under the word 'Faithful'.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Χριστιανός

(D, Χρεισ -; on the form Χρησ -, v. Bl., § 3, 6; 27, 4 on the ending, -ανος , v. Bl., ll. c.; Deiss., LAE, 382), -οῦ ὁ ,

a Christian, the name first given to the disciples by pagan gentiles at Antioch: Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28, 1 Peter 4:16 (v. reff. in Thayer, s.v.; also DB, i, 384).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

Χριστιανον Χριστιανὸν Χριστιανος Χριστιανός Χριστιανους Χριστιανούς Christianon Christianòn Christianos Christianós Christianous Christianoús