Jesus

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς from Hebrew ישוע. The Greek text makes no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as Ἰησοῦς. The Latin Vulgate is likely the earliest to make a distinction, referring to Jesus as Iesus and Joshua as Iosias.

Pronunciation

Jesus of Nazareth
Spanish male given name

Proper noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Jesus

Jesus

  1. Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish man whom Christians name Jesus Christ in belief that he is the Messiah.
  2. A male given name in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.

Derived terms

Usage notes

Noun

Jesus (plural Jesuses)

  1. A Christian savior.
    • William Revell Moody (ed.), "Record of Christian Work", 1913, p 441
      And, says George Eliot, and all who believe in her teaching, it is perfectly true that He is with us now in a dumb, vague, blessed impulse. Is that your Jesus? If I may recall my illustration of the train, I will tell you of my Jesus.
    • Scot McKnight, "Jesus and His Death", 2005, p152
      ...leading Dom Crossan at times to the witty criticism that modern Jesus books are in a quest for who can say "my Jesus is more Jewish than your Jesus"...
    • Clinton Bennett, "In Search of Jesus", 2001, p231
      Your Jesus is my Jesus' greatest enemy
    • Depeche Mode, "Personal Jesus", from the album "Violator", 1989.
      Your own personal Jesus
  2. An artistic representation of a Christian savior.

Interjection

Jesus

  1. An expletive, whose use is considered blasphemous in some Christian sects.

Synonyms

Translations

expletive
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 天殺的 cmn(cmn), 天杀的 cmn(cmn) (tiānshā de), 該死 cmn(cmn), 该死 cmn(cmn) (gāi sǐ)
  • Russian: (rare vocative form) Иисусе! ru(ru) (Iisúse!)
  • Spanish: ¡Jesús! es(es)

Related terms

See also

Norwegian

Proper noun

Jesus (genitive and vocative Jesu)

  1. Jesus

See also

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Iēsus, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) from Hebrew ישוע (y'hoshúa).

Proper noun

Jesus m.

  1. (Christianity) Jesus Christ
  2. A male given name.

Swedish

Proper noun

Jesus (genitive and vocative Jesu)

  1. Jesus

 

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