Original Word: Χριστιανός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: Christianos
Pronunciation: khris-tee-an-os'
Phonetic Spelling: (khris-tee-an-os')
KJV: Christian
NASB: Christian, Christians
Word Origin: [from G5547 (Χριστός - Christ)]

1. (properly, only of the redeemed) a kinsman (relative by blood) of the Anointed-One (the Messiah, also called Christ)
2. (figuratively, as understood by the nations) followers of the teachings of Christ
3. (improperly, though very common) a person who identifies himself as a Christian only because he does not identify with another religion
4. (transliterated) "Christian"

Christian.

From Christos; a Christian, i.e. Follower of Christ -- Christian.

see GREEK Christos

Word Origin
from Christos
Definition
a Christian
NASB Translation
Christian (2), Christians (1).

STRONGS NT 5546: Χριστιανός

Χριστιανός (cf. Lightfoot on Philip., p. 16 note), Χριστιανου, ὁ (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'.)

Forms and Transliterations

Χριστιανον Χριστιανὸν Χριστιανος Χριστιανός Χριστιανους Χριστιανούς Christianon Christianòn Christianos Christianós Christianous Christianoús

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