Christ's the English term for the Greek Χριστός (Khristós) meaning "the anointed", which as a translation of the Hebrew (Mašíaḥ,), carries much of its original Jewish meaning of "Messiah"—"one [whois] anointed" or appointed by God with a unique and special purpose (mission) on Earth. In the 3rd- to 1st-centuries BC, the Tanakh (what Christians in later centuries would call the Old Testament) was translated into a Greek version called… (More on Christ)