English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

see|Jesús|Jésus
English

Etymology
From Greek polytonic|Ἰη�οῦ� from Hebrew �ש�ע. The Greek text makes no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as polytonic|Ἰη�οῦ�. The Vulgate is likely the earliest to make a distinction, referring to Jesus as Iesus and Joshua as Iosias.

Pronunciation
(Jesus of Nazareth:)
*AHD|j�'z�s
*IPA|/�d�i�z�s/
*SAMPA|/"dZi:z@s/
(Spanish male given name:)
*AHD|h�so�os'
*IPA|/heɪ�sus/
*SAMPA|/he"sus/

Proper noun
wikipedia
en-proper noun|es|-

1. Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish man whom Christians name Jesus Christ in belief that he is the Messiah.
2. A male given name, especially in Spanish culture.

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
trans-top|the Christian Messiah
Afrikaans: Jesus#Afrikaans|Jesus
Amuzgo: Su
Arabic: ARchar|�س�ع, ع�س� unicode|(�éisa or Yésua)
Aramaic:
:Syriac: �ܫ�ܥ (Yeshūa�)
:Hebrew: �ש�ע (Yeshūa�)
Bosnian: Isus
Catalan: Jesús
Chinese: �� (y�sū)
Croatian: Isus
Czech: Ježíš m
Danish: Jesus#Danish|Jesus
Dutch: Jezus
Esperanto: Jesuo
Estonian: Jeesus
Finnish: Jeesus
French: Jésus
German: Jesus#German|Jesus
Gothic: ����� (I�sus) m
Greek: �η�ο�� (Iisoús) m
Hebrew: �ש�ע (Yéshua)
Interlingua: Jesus#Interlingua|Jesus
Hindi: �सा (īs�)
Icelandic: Jesús m
trans-mid
Irish: �osa
Italian: Gesù m
Japanese: ��� (Iésu)
Korean: �� (Yesu)
Latin: Iesus m
Maltese: Ġesù m
Norwegian: #Norwegian|Jesus
Polish: Jezus
Portuguese: Jesus#Portuguese|Jesus
Romanian: Isus
Russian: �и��� (Iisús) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ����
:Latin: Isus
Scottish Gaelic: Iosa
Slovene: Jezus
Spanish: Jesús
Swedish: Jesus#Swedish|Jesus
Tagalog: Hesus
Urdu: URchar|ع�س�ٰ (īs�)
Welsh: Iesu
trans-bottom

Interjection
Jesus!

1. An expletive, whose use is considered blasphemous in some Christian sects.

Synonyms

italbrac|expletive: Christ, God, Jesus Christ

Translations
trans-top|expletive
trans-mid
trans-bottom

See also
Christ
Jesus of Nazereth
Joshua
Lion of Judah
Messiah
savior, saviour
Son of David
Son of Man
Yeshua
Wonderful
Counselor
Everlasting Father
The Beginning and The End

Norwegian

Proper noun
Jesus (genitive Jesu)

1. #English|Jesus

See also
Kristus
Jesus Kristus
Gud

Category:Norwegian proper nouns

zh-min-nan:Jesus
de:Jesus
fr:Jesus
io:Jesus
it:Jesus
hu:Jesus
pl:Jesus
pt:Jesus
ru:Jesus
sr:Jesus
fi:Jesus
sv:Jesus
zh:Jesus

• 2007-10-03 10:55 - AutoFormat - trans link [[Gothic]]

Full Revision History