Χριστιανός
Christianos · Christian
Greek word · Strong’s number G5546 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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Christianos (Χριστιανός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Christian”.
"one of the Messiah": the name given to the followers of Jesus.
How to say it
Chris·ti·a·nos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A follower of the Messiah; a name others gave the disciples.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Christian ×2
- Christians ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 11:26
and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it happened that for a whole year they met together with the assembly and taught a large crowd; and the disciples were called Christians for the first time in Antioch.
- Acts 26:28
And Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time you are persuading me to make myself a Christian.”
- 1 Peter 4:16
But if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.