I. Name

The masculine form of the adjective χριστός is only found in the LXX, in a few early Jewish documents and in the writings of the NT. In the LXX the term is used in connection with kings, priests and prophets (the Hebrew equivalent is māšîaḥ), in Pss. Sol.. 17.32; Pss. Sol. 18 superscr., Pss. Sol. 18.5, Pss. Sol. 7 particularly in connection with the expected ideal king of the future. In the writings of the NT christos is used of the coming anointed one of Jewish expectation, or of Jesus, believed to be this …