WHAT
DOES THE WORD CHRIST MEAN?
The
word CHRIST is an adaptation to English of the Greek word CHRISTOS, which means
ANOINTED.
CHRIST
is synonymous of MESSIAH, because the word MESSIAH is an adaptation to English
of the Hebrew word MASHIACH, which means ANOINTED.
The
Hebrew word MASHIACH was adapted to English as MESSIAH.
Anoint
means to spill oil on, or to rub oil on. Therefore, ANOINTED is somebody on
whom oil was spilled, or somebody on whom oil was rubbed.
In the
original text of the Tanach (Old Testament), in Hebrew, the word MASHIACH is
used to assign people who have been anointed to exert some function.
The priest
is called MASHIACH (Leviticus 4:3), because he was ANOINTED to exert the
function of priest (Exodus 30:30).
The king
of
When
the translation of the Tanach (Old Testament) to the Greek was made, where it
appeared the word MASHIACH, it was translated into CHRISTOS.
In
Psalms 2:2, the Hebrew word MASHIACH is translated as ANOINTED, but it could
also be translated as MESSIAH, or as CHRIST.
In
Psalms 2, the word MASHIACH is used to designate the one who will be the King
of
The
words MASHIACH, MESSIAH, CHRIST and ANOINTED, are synonymous.
Yahveh bless you.
João Paulo Fernandes Pontes.
Published in October 11, 2007.
Updated in April 23, 2010.
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