What does Χριστιανός (Christianós) mean in the Bible?
e. follower of Christ".
Greek · G5546
Χριστιανός
A Christian, i.e. follower of Christ
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Χριστιανός G5546
Pronunciation Christianós
What does Χριστιανός (Christianós) mean in the Bible?
Χριστιανός (Christianós) is a Greek word meaning "a Christian, i.e. follower of Christ".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5546?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a Christian (2), Christians (1).
Where does Χριστιανός (Christianós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 11:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 1 Peter (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a Christian 2× Acts 26:28, 1 Peter 4:16
Christians 1× Acts 11:26
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 11:26
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 1 Peter 1
Source forms
Χριστιανὸν 1x Christianon Acts 26:28
Χριστιανός 1x Christianos 1 Peter 4:16
Χριστιανούς 1x Christianous Acts 11:26
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 11:26
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 26:28
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x 1 Peter 4:16
Evidence Summary
Messiah
Greek word. a Christian, i.e. follower of Christ
Strong's G5546
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Peter 4:12-19 Source Gloss
a Christian, i.e. follower of Christ
Extended definition
:--Christian.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 11:26 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
Χριστιανούς. cristianouv
a Christian
Read verse Acts 26:28 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Χριστιανὸν cristianon
a Christian
Read verse 1 Peter 4:16 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Χριστιανός, cristianov
a Christian
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 1 Pet 4:16 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Acts 11:26 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 26:28 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
follower belonging to Christ
Followers or adherents of Christ.
Follower of Christ.
Word Origins
Χριστιανός is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Marks public identity centered on allegiance to Jesus the Messiah. 1 Peter 4:12-19
Identifies the emerging label for believers. Acts 11:19-26
Frames suffering as identity-based allegiance to Christ. Acts 26:24-32
Canonical Themes
Messiah
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain