Bible Names

Christ: meaning of the name

Christ means “anointed.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Christ in Hebrew and Greek

Χριστός G5547

Christós — anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

from G5548 (χρίω);

Christ in Scripture

“Christ” appears in 532 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Matthew 1:1

    The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

  • Matthew 1:16

    And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

  • Matthew 1:17

    So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.

  • Matthew 1:18

    Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

  • Matthew 2:4

    And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

  • Matthew 11:2

    Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

  • Matthew 16:16

    And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

  • Matthew 16:20

    Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.