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Strong's #5546 - Χριστιανός

Transliteration
Christianós
Phonetics
khris-tee-an-os'
Origin
from (G5547)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TDNT
9:493,1322
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Χριστός
Definition   
Thayer's
  1. Christian, a follower of Christ
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ASV (3)
Acts 2
1 Peter 1
BSB (3)
Acts 2
1 Peter 1
CSB (3)
Acts 2
1 Peter 1
ESV (3)
Acts 2
1 Peter 1
KJV (3)
Acts 2
1 Peter 1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
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LSB (3)
Acts 2
1 Peter 1
N95 (3)
Acts 2
1 Peter 1
NAS (3)
Acts 2
1 Peter 1
NLT (3)
Acts 3
1 Peter 2
WEB (3)
Acts 2
1 Peter 1
YLT (3)
Acts 2
1 Peter 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, (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'.)


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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
 
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