Jesus Christ

See also: Jésus-Christ

English

Etymology

Jesus + Christ; from Middle English Jesu Crist, Jesus Crist, from Latin Iēsus Chrīstus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒiːzəs ˈkɹaɪst/

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Proper noun

Jesus Christ

2. (Christianity, Islam, Baháʼí) Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter, see Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”)) from Galilee, held to be a prophet, teacher and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity. Also held to be a prophet in Islam and the Baháʼí Faith.
   • 1681, Church of England, The book of common prayer:

     Almighty God, give us the grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life (in which thy son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility;)

Derived terms

• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Jesus Christ lizard

Translations

Jesus of Nazareth

• Abkhaz: Иесуа Қьырста (Jeswa Kʲərstʼa)
• Afrikaans: Jesus Christus
• Albanian: Jezus Krishti m
• Arabic: يَسُوع الْمَسِيح m (yasūʕ al-masīḥ), الْمَسِيح عِيسَى m (al-masīḥ ʕīsā)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ m (Yešūʿ M'šīḥāʿ)

  • East Syriac: ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ m (Īšōʿ M'šīḥāʿ)

    West Syriac: ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ m (Yešūʿ M'šīḥōʿ)

• Armenian: Հիսուս Քրիստոս (hy) (Hisus Kʻristos)

  Old Armenian: Յիսուս Քրիստոս (Yisus Kʻristos)

• Asturian: Xesucristu m
• Azerbaijani: İsa Məsih, İsa peygəmbər
• Bashkir: Ғайса Мәсих (Ğaysa Məsix)
• Belarusian: Ісу́с Хрысто́с m (Isús Xrystós)
• Bengali: যিশু খ্রিস্ট (jiśu khrisṭ)
• Breton: Jezuz Krist
• Bulgarian: Иису́с Христо́с (bg) m (Iisús Hristós), Ису́с Христо́с m (Isús Hristós)
• Burmese: ယေရှုခရစ် (yehru.hka.rac), ခရစ်တော် (my) (hka.ractau), ယေရှု (my) (yehru.), ခရစ် (my) (hka.rac)
• Buryat: Иисус Христос (Iisus Xristos)
• Car Nicobarese: Yēsū Kristu
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ісу́с Хрісто́с m (Isús Xristós)
• Catalan: Jesucrist (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 耶穌基督／耶稣基督 (je⁴ sou¹ gei¹ duk¹)

  Mandarin: 耶穌基督／耶稣基督 (zh) (Yēsū Jīdū)

• Chuukese: Jises Kraist
• Cornish: Yesu Krist
• Crimean Tatar: İsa Mesih
• Czech: Ježíš Kristus m
• Danish: Jesus Kristus
• Dhivehi: އީސާގެފާނު (īsāgefānu)
• Dutch: Jezus Christus (nl) m
• Esperanto: Jesuo Kristo
• Estonian: Jeesus Kristus
• Ewe: Yesu Kristo
• Faroese: Jesus Kristus m
• Finnish: Jeesus Kristus (fi)
• French: Jésus-Christ (fr) m

  Middle French: Jesus-Christ

• Galician: Xesús Cristo m, Xesucristo m
• Georgian: იესო ქრისტე (ieso krisṭe)
• German: Jesus Christus (de) m
• Greek: Ιησούς Χριστός (el) m (Iisoús Christós)
• Haitian Creole: Jezikri
• Hebrew: יֵשוּ הַנּוֹצְרִי m (yeshú ha-notsrí)
• Hindi: ईसा मसीह m (īsā masīh), यीशु मसीह m (yīśu masīh), जीज़स क्राइस्ट m (jīzas krāisṭ)
• Hungarian: Jézus Krisztus (hu)
• Icelandic: Jesús Kristur m
• Indonesian: Yesus Kristus
• Irish: Íosa Críost m
• Italian: Gesù Cristo m
• Japanese: イエス・キリスト (ja) (Iesu-Kirisuto), 耶蘇基督 (ja) (Iesu-Kirisuto)
• Jarai: Yêsu Krist
• Kapampangan: Yesukiristu
• Kazakh: Иса Мәсих (İsa Mäsix)
• Khmer: ព្រះយេស៊ូ (prĕəh yeisuu), យេស៊ូ (km) (yeisuu), ព្រះយេស៊ូគ្រិស្ត (prĕəh yeisuu krɨh), យេស៊ូគ្រិស្ត (yeisuu krɨh)
• Korean: 예수 그리스도 (Yesu Geuriseudo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Jesussa Mesîh

• Kyrgyz: Ыйса Масих (Iysa Masih)
• Latin: Iesus Christus m
• Latvian: Jēzus Kristus m
• Ligurian: Gexù Crìsto m
• Limburgish: Zjezös Kèrstös m
• Lithuanian: Jėzus Kristus (lt) m
• Macedonian: Исус Христос (mk) m (Isus Hristos)
• Malay: Jesus Christ
• Maltese: Ġesù Kristu
• Manchu: ᡳᠰᡠᠰ
  ᡥᡝᡵᡳᠰᡨᠣᠰ (isus heristos)
• Manx: Yeesey Chreest
• Maore Comorian: Îsa Kiristi
• Maori: Ihu Karaiti
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Есүс Христ (Jesüs Xrist)

• Navajo: Doodaatsaahii
• Ngazidja Comorian: Isa al Masihi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jesus Kristus (no) m

• Odia: ଯୀଶୁ (or) (jiśu)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Їисъ Хрїстъ m (Iisŭ Xristŭ)

• Old French: Jhesu Christ m
• Old Occitan: Yeshu Xrist
• Old Uyghur: 𐽹𐽿𐽶𐽲𐽰 (méšiha)
• Pashto: عيسى مسيح m ('isā masih)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: عِیسیٰ مَسِیح (īsā masīh)

  Iranian Persian: عیسیٰ مَسیح (isâ masih)

• Polish: Jezus Chrystus (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jesus Cristo m
• Romanian: Iisus Hristos m, Isus Cristos m
• Russian: Иису́с Христо́с (ru) m (Iisús Xristós)
• Samoan: Iesu Keriso
• Sanskrit: मरीयमिपुत्र (sa) m (marīyamiputra)
• Saterland Frisian: Jesus Christus
• Scottish Gaelic: Ìosa Crìosd m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Исус Христос m, Исус Христ m, Исус Крист m

  Roman: Isus Hristos m, Isus Hrist m, Isus Krist m

• Sicilian: Gesù Cristu m
• Slovak: Ježiš Kristus m
• Slovene: Jezus Kristus m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Jezus Kristus m

  Upper Sorbian: Jězus Chrystus m

• Spanish: Jesucristo (es) m
• Swahili: Yesu Kristo
• Swedish: Jesus Kristus c
• Tagalog: Hesukristo
• Tajik: Исои Масеҳ (Iso-yi Maseh)
• Tatar: Гайсә Мәсих (Ğaysä Mäsix)
• Thai: พระเยซูคริสต์ (prá yee-suu-krít), เยซูคริสต์ (yee-suu-krít), พระเยซูเจ้า (prá yee-suu jâao)
• Tibetan: ཡེ་ཤུ (ye shu)
• Tok Pisin: Jisas Krais
• Tongan: Sīsū Kalaisi
• Tuareg: Ɣisa Ălmasex
• Turkish: Hazreti İsa, İsa Mesih, İsa Peygamber
• Turkmen: Isa Pygamber, Isus Hristos
• Ukrainian: Ісу́с Христо́с m (Isús Xrystós)
• Urdu: عِیسیٰ مَسِیح m ('īsā masīh), یَسُوع مَسِیح m (yasū' masīh) (Christianity)
• Uyghur: ئەيسا مەسىھ (eysa mesih)
• Uzbek: Iso Masih
• Vietnamese: Chúa Giê-su Ki-tô, Jêsus Christ, Giê-su Ki-tô (vi), Giêsu Kitô
• Welsh: Iesu Grist m
• Yakut: Иисус Христос (İisus Qristos)
• Yiddish: ישו הנוצרי m (yeshu ha-notsri), יעזוס קריסטוס m (yezus kristus)

See also

• Jesus
• Yeshua
• Christ
• Messiah

Noun

Jesus Christ (plural Jesus Christs)

1. (by extension) A saviour; one who provides critical help or salvation to others in need.

Interjection

Jesus Christ

1. (potentially offensive) An expletive or oath, usually an expression of surprise, shock, etc.
   • 2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight (motion picture), spoken by Jesse (Ethan Hawke):

     Oh Jesus Christ. Don't be so dramatic, okay?

   • 2023, Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret:

     Oh, Jesus Christ. It's not Millie.

Usage notes

• Considered blasphemy and thus taboo by many Christians. Some variations of this usage include Jiminy Cricket, jeepers creepers, other variations that begin with the letters J C, or phrases that sound similar such as cheese and rice. These are often considered acceptable substitutions for people who are trying not to swear, but have already started the first consonant sound. See Tom Sawyer, by Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), for more examples.
• Jesus fucking Christ, on the other hand, is even more explicit.

Translations

expletive or oath

• Czech: ježíšikriste, Ježíši Kriste, ježíš (cs), ježiši
• French: nom de Dieu (fr)
• Spanish: Jesucristo (es)

Further reading

• “Jesus Christ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Jesus Christ”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Jesus Christ”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Scots

Proper noun

Jesus Christ

1. Jesus Christ