Χριστιανός
Christianós · G5546 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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Christian
One who is identified as a believer in and follower of Christ
ExamplesActs 11:26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers of people; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
Acts 26:28 Agrippa replied to Paul, “In a short time you are going to persuade me to make a Christian of myself.”
1 Peter 4:16 but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μαθητήςdisciple 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- μαθητής mathētḗs · G3101 · disciple, follower, pupil
- μαθητής is the general term for 'disciple' or 'follower' (used of followers of Jesus, John the Baptist, Moses, etc.), while Χριστιανός is the specific designation for a follower of Christ as a distinct religious identity, coined as a proper designation for the community (Acts 11:26). Both denote followers, but μαθητής emphasizes the learning relationship and Χριστιανός the identificatory label.
- πιστός pistós · G4103 · one who trusts in, trusting, faithful
- πιστός as a substantive means 'believer' or 'one who has faith,' describing followers of Christ by their faith commitment, while Χριστιανός is the identity-label for the same group. Both can refer to the same persons, but πιστός emphasizes the faith-quality and Χριστιανός the name/identity marker.
- ἅγιος hágios · G40 · holy, pure, divine
- ἅγιος as a substantive (οἱ ἅγιοι) is used in the New Testament to designate believers, 'the saints' or 'holy ones,' emphasizing their consecrated status, while Χριστιανός is the community identity-label. Both refer to the same group from different semantic angles: holiness vs. Christ-affiliation.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Christian11.35
- Acts 11:26 recounts that in Antioch “the disciples were first called Christians”.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (cf. Lightfoot on Philip., p. 16 note), Χριστιανου, ὁ (Χριστός), a Christian, a follower…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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