a masculine name
Origin of Jesus
Ecclesiastical Late Latin Iesus from Ecclesiastical Greek I?sous from Classical Hebrew (language) y?sh?'a, contr. of yeh?sh?'a ( Joshua), help of Jehovah from y?h, Jehovah + h?sh?a, to help
A depiction of Jesus delivering the Sermon on the Mount.
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.
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Jesus
- c. 8-4 - 29? (see Christian Era); founder of the Christian religion: name used interjectionally to express, variously, surprise, wonder, annoyance, etc.also called Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth
- fl. early 2d cent. ; author of Ecclesiasticus, a book of the O.T. apocrypha
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Jesus
4? BC-AD 29?
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.
Origin of Jesus
Middle English from Late Latin Iēsus from Greek Iēsous from Hebrew yēšûă' from yəhôšûa' Joshua ; see Joshua 1.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Proper noun
- 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.
- A male given name in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.
Usage notes
- The possessive of the Jesus may be either Jesus’s (pronounced with three syllables) or Jesus’ (pronounced with two syllables). The latter form was traditionally more common when referred to the Christian figure while the former is more common when referring to other people named Jesus, but both forms are attested in both cases. See s'.
Noun
(plural Jesuses)
- A Christian savior.
- An artistic representation of a Christian savior.
Interjection
- An expletive, the use of which is considered blasphemous among some Christians.
- Jesus that was close!
Origin
See also: JesúsFrom Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous), from Hebrew ישוע (yeshúa). The Greek text makes no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous). The Latin Vulgate is likely the earliest to make a distinction, referring to Jesus as Iesus and Joshua as Iosue.
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Sentence Examples
- Jesus, look around you!
- Betsy screamed, It's like if The Lord Jesus was standing here, writing a mother's day card to the Virgin Mary, you'd be sitting around on your asses discussing if it was really the month of May!
- This too is the proof Jesus himself offers when he declares God to be the God of the living and not of the dead (Matt.
- "Lord Jesus Christ!" exclaimed the pilgrim woman, crossing herself.
- They were unanimous in adopting the idea of a church in which all the members were priests under the Lord Jesus, the One High Priest and Ruler; the officers of which were not mediators between men and God, but preachers of One Mediator, Christ Jesus; not lords over God's heritage, but ensamples to the flock and ministers to render service.
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