Ἰησοῦς

See also: Ιησούς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew ישוע, the common Secunda Hebrew contraction of יהושע (Joshua).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ɛː.sûːs/ → /i.iˈsus/ → /i.iˈsus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ɛː.sûːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.e̝ˈsus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.iˈsus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.iˈsus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.iˈsus/

Proper noun

Ἰησοῦς • (Iēsoûs) m (genitive Ἰησοῦ); second declension

1. (biblical) Jesus
2. (biblical) Joshua

Usage notes

• The Septuagint uses Ἰησοῖ as the dative, while the New Testament uses Ἰησοῦ.

Inflection

Declension of Ἰησοῦς, Ἰησοῦ

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἰησοῦς
Genitive	Ἰησοῦ
Dative	Ἰησοῖ/Ἰησοῦ
Accusative	Ἰησοῦν
Vocative	Ἰησοῦ

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ (iēsous)
• → Georgian: იესო (ieso)
• → Gothic: 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 (iēsus)
• Greek: Ιησούς (Iisoús)
• → Hebrew:
• → Latin: Iēsus (see there for further descendants), Jēsus
  • → English: Jesus
• → Old Armenian: Յիսուս (Yisus)
  • Armenian: Հիսուս (Hisus)
• → Old Church Slavonic: їисоусъ (iisusŭ), исоусъ (isusŭ)
  • → Belarusian: Ісу́с (Isús)
  • Bulgarian: Иису́с (Iisús), Ису́с (Isús)
  • → Japanese: イイスス (Iisusu)
  • → Macedonian: Исус (Isus)
  • → Romanian: Iisus, Isus
  • → Pre-reform Russian: Іисусъ (Iisus)
    • Russian: Иисус (Iisus)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Ìsus, Ѝсус
  • → Ukrainian: Ісу́с (Isús)

References

• “Ἰησοῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἰησοῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2424 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• LSJ