χριστός, ή, όν,
(χρίω) to be rubbed on, used as ointment or salve, opposed to πιστός, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 480, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 516, Triclin.ad 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἔλαιον τὸ χ. anointing oil, [[ LXX.Lev.21.10. ] LXX]
__II of persons, anointed, ὁ ἱερεύς ὁ χ. [[[prev. work] 4.5, 16, 6.22: _plural_,LXX.2Mac.1.10. ] LXX]
__II.2 especially of the Kings of Israel, ὁ χ. Κυρίου[[LXX.1Ki.24.7, cf. LXX.Psa.17 (18). 51; also τῷ χ. μου Κύρῳ LXX.Isa.45.1 ] LXX]; plural, of the patriarchs, [[ LXX.Psa.104 (105). 15. ] LXX]
__II.3 in NT, ὁ χ. the Messiah, [[NT.Matt.2.4, etc.; ὁ χ. Κυρίου NT.Luke.2.26 ] NT]; then used as proper name of Jesus, Ἰησοῦς χ. [[ NT.Matt.1.1, etc.; Ἰησοῦς ὁ λεγόμενος χ. [prev. work] 16. ] NT]