Χριστοῦ (Christou)

Χριστοῦ is an Ancient Greek form of χριστός, meaning “anointed one, Christ”. It is the genitive singular masculine adjective.

It can also be a form of χρίστης, “white-washer; stucco-maker”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 707 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

New Testament, Matthew 1.1: ΒΙΒΛΟΣ γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυεὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβρααμ.

Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Epistulae 199·2: … ἴδωμεν τοίνυν τί γέγραπται Τιμοθέῳ παρὰ τοῦ Παύλου. Νεωτέρας δὲ χήρας παραιτοῦ. ὅταν γὰρ καταστρηνιάσωσι τοῦ Χρίστου, γαμεῖν θέλουσιν, ἔχουσαι κρίμα, ὅτι τὴν πρώτην πίστιν ἠθέτησαν. εἰ τοίνυν χήρα κρίματι ὑπόκειται βαρυτάτῳ, ὡ …

All forms of χριστός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.