Romans 14:9:4Rom.14.9.W4TAB
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
eis TOU-to gar khri-STOS a-PE-tha-nen kai E-dzê-sen HI-na kai ne-KRÔN kai DZÔN-tôn ky-ri-EU-sêi
Exegesis
The subject Christos {Χριστός | Khris-tós} governs two coordinated aorist indicative verbs, apethanen {ἀπέθανεν | a-pé-tha-nen} ‘died’ and ezesen {ἔζησεν | é-zē-sen} ‘came to life’, presenting Christ’s death and resurrection as completed historical events.
Root and etymology
chriochi–rho–iota–omega
“to anoint”
In context — Romans 14:9
For to this purpose Christ died and came to life, so that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living .
About this coordinate
Romans 14:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Romans 14:9, 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 Rom.14.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.9.W4.S1) and character.