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Jesus1 definition

Je·sus (jē′zəz, -zəs; Sp hā zo̵̅o̅s′)

noun

a masculine name

Etymology: LL(Ec) Iesus < Gr(Ec) Iēsous < Heb yēshūʼa, contr. of yehōshūʼa ( Joshua), help of Jehovah < yāh, Jehovah + hōshīa, to help

Jesus2 definition

Je·sus (jē′zəz, -zes)

  1. c. 8-4 - 29? (see Christian Era); founder of the Christian religion
    also called Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth
  2. Bible the author of Ecclesiasticus, a book of the O.T. apocrypha

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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