χριστός (Χρ-), -ή, -όν

(χρίω), [in LXX for מָשִׁיחַ and cogn. forms ;]

__1. 1. as adj.

__(a) of things, anointing, to be used as ointment (Æsch. Eur. al.; τ. ἔλαιον τὸ χ. Lev.21:10);

__(b) of persons, anointed (ὁ ἰερεὺς ὁ χ. Lev.4:5; οἱ χ. ἰευρεῖς, 2Ma.1:10): ὁ χ. τοῦ κυρίου or Θεοῦ (1Ki.2:10, Psa.2:2, al.), of the Messiah (Aram. מְשִׁיחָא; cf. Dalman, Words, 289 ff.), Luk.2:11, 26 Jhn.1:41, Act.2:36 4:26, al.

__2. As subst. ὁ Χριστός, the Messiah, the Christ: Mat.2:4, Mrk.8:29, Luk.2:11, Jhn.1:20, Act.2:31, Rom.7:4, al.; Ἰησοῦς, Mrk.1:1, Jhn.1:17, Act.2:38, al.; Χ. Ἰησοῦς, Mat.1:18, WH, mg. Act.5:42, Rom.6:3, al.; Χ. κύριος, Luk.2:11; Ἰησοῦς Χ. ὁ κύριος, Act.15:26, Rom.1:7, al.

(AS)

anointing, to be used as ointment; anointed; the Messiah, the Christ