What is the meaning of the word christ?

Answer 1

Christ is a term used for any "savior" of any one... Basically it's a name given to those who come to save, or bring peace.

Answer 2

Christ is the English term for the Greek word Χριστός (Christós), which literally means "The Anointed One." The Hebrew word for Christ is מָשִׁיחַ (Mašíaḥ, usually transliterated Messiah).

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Answer 3

It is the Greek translation of the Hebrew "meshiach" and means "anointed". Anointings were a physical representation of the bestowing of divine approval on kings who were responsible for defending their countries from foreign powers. In the Jewish tradition, the "Messiah" assumed a transcendent meaning, one who not only liberated his people from foreign control but made all things right and converted the nations through the perfection of Judaism. Christians combined this theme with the "God among us" motif to characterize Jesus as the true Jewish messiah, even though he didn't actually free Palestine from Roman domination.

Answer 4

Meaning "anointed," it refers to the authentic christ self in each of us - as opposed to the conditioned ego identity which has to be discarded/transcended for unity consciousness within and without.

Answer 5

It specifically is more than "annointed one".It is Jesus of Nazareth.It means the designation of Jesus as the Messiah foretold by the prophets of the Old Testament.It also refers to anyone that claims to be annointed by God with the preface word of "false" before it ["false christs'].

Answer 6

Like they said, it means the anointed in Greek. It's the equivalent of the Hebrew word messiah. Hebrew kings and priests and prophets were sometimes anointed by oil as a symbolic introduction to their office.

Answer 7

Christ means "The anointed One and His anointing".

Answer 8

Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.

Answer 9

is a title, and comes, via Latin, from the Greek Christos (Χριστος), which means anointed. The Greek form is a literal translation of Messiah from Hebrew mashiyakh (משיח) or Aramaic m'shikha (משיחא), words which typically signified "king" -- a man, chosen by God or descended from

Answer 10

From the Greek "christos" meaning "anointed, a trans. of the Hebrew "mashiah" or anointed, Messiah.

Answer 11

It comes from the Greek word "Kristos", which means "anointed one". It has the same meaning as "Messiah", the Hebrew word for "anointed one".