مسيح

Meaning

Adj

anointed

Noun

messiah, Messiah

Concepts

Messiah

anointed

Christ

liquid

striped

Translations

Crist

Messias

Christus

Χριστός

Christ

Messie

Cristo

Christus

Christus

Cristo

Cristo

Jesucristo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ma.siːħ/

Etymology

From the root م س ح (m s ḥ), related to مَسَحَ (masaḥa, “to anoint”). Cognate to Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ) and Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mashíakh), whence the Ancient Greek borrowing Μεσσίας (Messías) and the Greek calque Χριστός (Christós), thus the English terms "Messiah" and "Christ".