Jesus

Meaning

Name

1. Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter, see Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”)) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís.
2. One of a variety of persons or entities in western Manichaeism, of whom some correspond closely to the Christian conception of Jesus of Nazareth.
3. A male given name from Spanish in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.
4. A male given name from Aramaic of Semitic origin.
5. (informal) Ellipsis of Jesus College, Cambridge.
6. (informal) Ellipsis of Jesus College, Oxford.

Noun

The Christian savior.

Intj

An exclamation, particularly used to express excitement or exasperation.

Verb

1. (colloquial) To subject to (excessive) Christian proselytizing, preaching, or moralizing.
2. To exclaim "Jesus" (at).

Synonyms

Jesus Christ

Christ

Jesus of Nazareth

the Nazarene

Son of God

Redeemer

Saviour

Savior

Deliverer

Good Shepherd

God

god

Jeshua

Lamb of God

Jesús

Lord

Our Lord

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Republic of El Salvador

El Salvador

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Hyphenated as

Jes‧us

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Jhesus

In summary

From Middle English Jhesus, Iesus, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ), a contracted form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”). The form יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ) is attested in some of the later books of the Hebrew Bible (Ezra–Nehemiah), and translated as Jeshua or Yeshua in some English editions (the former appearing in the King James Version). The Greek texts make no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). In the Wycliffe Bible (Middle English), the forms used are Jhesus and Jhesu.