What does Χριστός · Ἰησοῦς · κύριος mean in the Bible?
Χριστός · Ἰησοῦς · κύριος is a Greek phrase meaning "Lord Jesus Christ; the risen Messiah and sovereign Lord".
Greek · G5547, G2424, G2962
Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν
Anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus · Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites · lord: God
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Χριστός G5547 anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Pronunciation Christós
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Ἰησοῦς G2424 Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Pronunciation Iēsoûs
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κύριος G2962 lord: God
Pronunciation kýrios
One who possesses ultimate authority; in NT, distinctively applied to the risen Jesus Christ alongside God.
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What does Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν (Christō Iēsou tō kyriō hēmōn) mean in the Bible?
Χριστός · Ἰησοῦς · κύριος is a Greek phrase meaning "Lord Jesus Christ; the risen Messiah and sovereign Lord".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5547, G2424, G2962?
G5547, G2424, G2962 is connected to 528 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Lord Jesus Christ; the risen Messiah and sovereign Lord
Source Gloss
Lord Jesus Christ; the risen Messiah and sovereign Lord
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 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 5 Aligned forms 528 Case pattern Genitive (248) Number pattern Singular (528)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:16 · Matt 2:4 · Matt 16:16 · Matt 16:20 · Matt 23:10 · Matt 24:5 · Matt 24:23 · Matt 26:63 · Mark 8:29 · Mark 12:35 · Mark 13:21 · Mark 14:61 · Mark 15:32 · Luke 2:11 · Luke 3:15 · Luke 22:67 111×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:1 · Matt 1:17 · Matt 1:18 · Matt 11:2 · Matt 22:42 · Mark 1:1 · Mark 9:41 · John 1:17 · Acts 2:31 · Acts 2:38 · Acts 3:6 · Acts 4:10 · Acts 4:26 · Acts 8:12 · Acts 10:36 · Acts 10:48 248×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Rom 3:24 · Rom 6:8 · Rom 6:11 · Rom 6:23 · Rom 8:1 · Rom 8:2 · Rom 8:39 · Rom 9:1 · Rom 12:5 · Rom 14:18 · Rom 15:17 · Rom 16:3 · Rom 16:7 · Rom 16:9 · Rom 16:10 · Rom 16:18 103×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:17 · Matt 27:22 · Luke 2:26 · Luke 4:41 · Luke 9:20 · Luke 20:41 · Luke 23:2 · Luke 24:26 · Luke 24:46 · John 9:22 · John 17:3 · Acts 2:36 · Acts 3:18 · Acts 3:20 · Acts 5:42 · Acts 8:5 65×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 26:68 1×
Word Origins
Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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