noun · masculine
messios
GreekΜεσσίας (messias)
Strong’sG3323
Messiah
stem messi-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Μεσσίας, -ου, ὁ (Aram. מְשִׁיחָא = Heb. מָשִׁיחַ = Χριστός, q.v.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3323 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmes-see'-as
the Messias (i.e. Mashiach), or Christ
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesMessias.
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 | messios1×Μεσσίας | messiois |
| object accusative | mession1×Μεσσίαν | messioin |
| direct address vocative | messior | messioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | messiou | messioiu |
| to, for dative | messio | messioi |
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
messio 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
messios“Messiah”subjectnominative singular1×
John 4:25“Messiah”legatō auto tas gunaikas; Oidamē hoti Messios erchetō, tos legirōtos christos; hotan erchateia ekeinos, anangellati ni hapanteim.The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
mession“Messiah”objectaccusative singular1×
John 1:41“Messiah”heuriskatō houtos prōtem ton adelfon ton idion Simōnon kai legatō auto; Heuriskanē ton Mession hem atō methermēneuirōtem christos.He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).