noun · masculine

christianos

GreekΧριστιανός (christianos)

Strong’sG5546

a Christian

stem christian-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Christian2×Christians1×

What it means

Χριστιανός (D, Χρεισ-; on the form Χρησ-, v. Bl., § 3, 6; 27, 4 on the ending, -ανος, v. Bl., ll. c.; Deiss., LAE, 382), -οῦ ὁ,

a Christian, the name first given to the disciples by pagan gentiles at Antioch: Ac 11:26 26:28, I Pe 4:16 (v. reff. in Thayer, s.v.; also DB, i, 384).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5546 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkhris-tee-an-os'

a Christian, i.e. follower of Christ

Fromfrom G5547;

King JamesChristian.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	christianos1×Χριστιανός	christianois
object accusative	christianon1×Χριστιανὸν	christianoin1×Χριστιανούς
direct address vocative	christianor	christianoir
of, belonging to genitive	christianou	christianoiu
to, for dative	christiano	christianoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

christianstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

christiano is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

christianos“Christian”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Peter 4:16“Christian”ei de hōs Christianos, mē aischunetōr, doxazatōr de ton theon en te onome houte.But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.

christianon“Christian”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 26:28“Christian”tos de Agrippaos pros ton Paulon; En olige min peithasō Christianon poiara.Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”

christianoin“Christians”objectaccusative plural1×

Acts 11:26“Christians”kai heuriskaratos agata eis Antiocheian. gineta de autoi kai eniauton holon sunagira en ta ekklēsa kai didaskara ochlon hikanon, chrēmatizara tē prōtōs en Antiocheia toin mathētoin Christianoin.and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.