G5546

Χριστιανός

ChristianosN:N--T

Christian

Χριστιανός (D, Χρεισ-; on the form Χρησ-, see Bl., § 3, 6; 27, 4 on the ending, -ανος, see Bl., ll. with; Deiss., LAE, 382), -οῦ ὁ, a Christian, the name first given to the disciples by pagan gentiles at Antioch: Act.11:26 26:28, 1Pe.4:16 (see reff. in Thayer, see word; also DB, i, 384).† (AS)

The KJV translates G5546 in the following manner:

Christian (4x), Christians (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

Χριστιανός — Christianós

Χριστιανός (cf. Lightfoot on Philip., p. 16 note), Χριστιανου, ὁ (Χριστός), a Christian, a follower of Christ: Act 11:26; Act 26:28; 1Pe 4:16. The name was first given to the worshippers of Jesus by the Gentiles, but from the second century (Justin Martyr (e. g. Apology 1, 4, p. 55 a.; dialog contra Trypho, § 35; cf. 'Teaching etc. 12, 4 [ET])) onward accepted by them as a title of honor. CL Lipsius, Ueber Ursprung u. ältesten Gebrauch des Christennamens. 4to, pp. 20, Jen. 1873. (CL Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word, 2; Farrar in Alex.'s Kitto, under the word; on the 'Titles of Believers in the N. T.' see Westcott, Epistles of St. John, p. 125f; cf. Dict. of Chris. Antiqq., under the word 'Faithful'.)

3 occurrences

Acts (2), I Peter (1)