Jesus

See also Jesús, Jésus, and Jèsus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous), from Hebrew ישוע (yeshúa). 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 Iosue.

Pronunciation

Jesus of Nazareth

• enPR: jē'zəs, IPA: /ˈdʒiːzəs/, X-SAMPA: /"dZi:z@s/

Spanish male given name

• enPR: hāso͞os', IPA: /heɪˈsus/, X-SAMPA: /he"sus/

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Jesus

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

Coordinate terms

• (religious founder): Muhammad, Buddha, Zoroaster, Rishabha, Baha'ullah, Moses, Raël, Confucius
• (deity): Allah, Vishnu, Ahura Mazda, Ra, Waheguru, Sage, Odin, Zeus, Jah

Derived terms

terms derived from "Jesus"

Jesus boots Jesus Christ Jesus freak

Jesus of Nazareth Jesus phone Jesus piece

Usage notes

• The possessive of the Jesus as the name of the Christian Messiah may be either Jesus’s (pronounced in the same way as the words “Jesus is”) or Jesus' , pronounced in the same way as the name. Traditionally, the latter is used. In the case of the male given name, Jesus’s is the usual form.

Translations

the Christian Messiah

• Afrikaans: Jesus (af)
• Amuzgo: Su
• Ancient Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)
• Arabic: يسوع (ar) (yasuu3) m, عيسى (ar) (3iisaa) m
• Aragonese: Chesús (an) m
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܝܫܘܥ (Yeshūaʕ)

  Hebrew: ישוע (Yeshūaʕ)

• Armenian: Հիսուս (hy) (Hisus)

  Old Armenian: Յիսուս (Yisus)

• Asturian: Xesús (ast) m
• Belarusian: Ісус (be) (Isús) m
• Bulgarian: Исус (bg) (Isus) m
• Catalan: Jesús (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏥᏌ (chr) (tsisa)
• Chinese:

  Middle Chinese: 移鼠

  Mandarin: 耶穌 (cmn), 耶稣 (cmn) (Yēsū)

• Choctaw: Chisạs
• Corsican: Gesù (co) m
• Czech: Ježíš (cs) m
• Danish: Jesus (da)
• Dutch: Jezus (nl)
• Esperanto: Jesuo (eo)
• Estonian: Jeesus (et)
• Ewe: Yesu
• Faroese: Jesus (fo) m
• Finnish: Jeesus (fi)
• French: Jésus (fr) m

  Old French: Jhesu m

  Middle French: Iesus m

• Galician: Xesús (gl) m
• German: Jesus (de)
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 (Iēsus) m
• Greek: Ιησούς (el) (Iisoús) m
• Hebrew: ישוע (he) (Yéshua)
• Hindi: ईसा (hi) (īsā) m
• Hungarian: Jézus (hu)
• Icelandic: Jesús (is) m
• Indonesian: Yesus (id)
• Interlingua: Jesus (ia)
• Irish: Íosa (ga)
• Italian: Gesù (it) m
• Japanese: イエス (ja) (Iésu) (耶蘇 (ja) (いえす, Iésu)), (Orthodox Church) イイスス (ja) (Iisusu), (Catholic - past) イエズス (ja) (Iezusu), イエス・キリスト (ja) (Iesu-Kirisuto)
• Jèrriais: Jésû m

• Kikuyu: Jeso
• Korean: 예수 (ko) (Yesu)
• Ladino:
  • Roman: Yeshu
• Latin: Iēsus (la) m
• Ligurian: Gesû m
• Limburgish: Zjezös (li), Jezus (li)
• Lojban: .iesus (jbo)
• Luhya: Yesu
• Macedonian: Исус (mk) (Ísus)
• Malay: Isa (ms)
• Maltese: Ġesù (mt) m
• Marathi: येशू (mr) (yeśū) m, जिजस (mr) (jizasa) m
• Meru: Njiisu
• Mirandese: Jasus m
• Navajo: Doodaatsaahii
• Norwegian: Jesus (no)
• Occitan: Jèsus (oc) m
• Old Church Slavonic: Исѹсъ (Isusŭ)
• Old Norse: Jésús m
• Old Provençal: Ihesu
• Persian: عیسی (fa) ('isâ)
• Piedmontese: Gesù m
• Polish: Jezus (pl)
• Portuguese: Jesus (pt) m
• Romanian: Iisus (ro)
• Romansch: Gesu (rm)
• Russian: Иисус (ru) (Iisús) m
• Sardinian: Gesùs (sc) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Iosa (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ѝсус (sh) m

  Roman: Ìsus (sh) m

• Sicilian: Gesù (scn) m
• Slovak: Ježiš (sk) m
• Slovene: Jézus (sl) m
• Spanish: Jesús (es) m
• Swahili: Yesu (sw)
• Swedish: Jesus (sv)
• Tagalog: Hesus (tl)
• Thai: พระเยซู (th) (prá-yay-soo)
• Tok Pisin: Jisas (tpi)
• Turkish: İsa (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ісус (uk) (Isús) m
• Urdu: عیسیٰ (ur) (īsā) m
• Venetian: Gesù m
• Vietnamese: chúa Giê-xu (vi)
• Welsh: Iesu (cy)

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

• (expletive): Christ, God, Jesus Christ

Translations

expletive

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天殺的 (cmn), 天杀的 (cmn) (tiānshā de), 該死 (cmn), 该死 (cmn) (gāi sǐ)

• Macedonian: Исусе! (mk) (Ísuse!) (vocative)

• Portuguese: Jesus! (pt)
• Russian: (rare vocative form) Иисусе! (ru) (Iisúse!)
• Spanish: ¡Jesús! (es)

Related terms

• Joshua

See also

Christ Jesus of Nazereth Lion of Judah Messiah savior, saviour

Son of David Son of Man Yeshua Everlasting Father The Beginning and The End

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Jezus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjiːsœs/

Proper noun

Jesus

1. Jesus

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Jesus m

1. (Christianity) Jesus

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Jesus (genitive and vocative Jesu)

1. Jesus

See also

• Kristus
• Jesus Kristus
• Gud

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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.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Jesus (genitive and vocative Jesu)

1. Jesus