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===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|Jesi}}
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# A Christian savior.
# A Christian savior.

Revision as of 13:29, 2 March 2011

See also: Jesús, Jésus, and Jèsus

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew (deprecated template usage) ישוע. The Greek text makes no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as (deprecated template usage) Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). The Latin Vulgate is likely the earliest to make a distinction, referring to Jesus as (deprecated template usage) Iesus and Joshua as (deprecated template usage) Iosias.

Pronunciation

Jesus of Nazareth
Spanish male given name

Proper noun

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Jesus

  1. Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish man whom Christians name Jesus Christ in belief that he is the Messiah.
  2. Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "male" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages). in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of (deprecated template usage) Jesús.

Derived terms

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

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

Translations

Related terms

See also

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Jesus (genitive and vocative Jesu)

  1. Jesus

See also

Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) Iēsus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew (deprecated template usage) ישוע (y'hoshúa).

Proper noun

Jesus m

  1. Template:Christianity Jesus Christ
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name.

Swedish

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Jesus (genitive and vocative Jesu)

  1. Jesus
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