1 Corinthians 15:20:31 Cor.15.20.W3TAB
Χριστὸς
Khristos
“Christ”
- Transliteration
- khri-STOS
- Academic
- Christos
- Extended
- khrih-STOHS
- IPA
- /kʰriˈstos/
Meaning by language
- English
- Christ
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khri-STOS
- sentence
ny-NI de khri-STOS e-GHEE-gher-tai ek ne-KRON a-par-KHÊ tôn ke-koi-mê-ME-nôn
Exegesis
Christos {Χριστὸς | Khristòs} ‘Christ’ serves as the nominative subject of the perfect passive indicative verb egegertai {ἐγήγερται | egḗgertai} ‘has been raised’, portraying the resurrection as a completed divine action with ongoing significance.
Root and etymology
chriochi–rho–iota–omega
“to anoint”
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:20
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Corinthians 15:20, so the Greek word Χριστὸς (Khristos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Cor.15.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.20.W3.S1) and character.