Jesus definition
Jewish religious leader who was crucified in Jerusalem after his teaching and reported miracle-working incurred the disfavor of the Roman government of Palestine. In Christianity, Jesus is seen as Christ and as the Son of God.
Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish man whom many Christians consider the son of God and call Jesus Christ in belief that he is the Messiah, and whom Muslims believe to be a prophet.
pronoun
A Christian savior.
noun
Jesus was a teacher and the founder of the Christian religion, or a male name.
An example of Jesus is the person that Christians believe to be the son of God.
noun
A male given name in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.
pronoun
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An artistic representation of a Christian savior.
noun
An expletive, the use of which is considered blasphemous among some Christians.
Jesus that was close!
interjection
(bio, person) Fl. early 2d cent. b.c.; author of Ecclesiasticus, a book of the O.T. apocrypha.
proper name
(name, person, proper) A masculine name.
noun
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
jesus
Plural:
jesusesOrigin of jesus
- Middle English from Late Latin Iēsus from Greek Iēsous from Hebrew yēšûă‘ from yəhôšûa‘ Joshua Joshua1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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