Ἰησοῦς
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Ἰησοῦς. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Ἰησοῦς, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Ἰησοῦς in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Ἰησοῦς you have here. The definition of the word Ἰησοῦς will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofἸησοῦς, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Hellenized form of Semitic proper name roughly equivalent to Ἰησοῦ (Iēsoû) + -ς (-s); Hellenic case suffixes added to an approximated Greek literal phonetic rendering of Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ, “Jesus”) and Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšū́a, “Jesus” or “Joshua”), a syncopated relative of Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yĕhōšúa, “Joshua”); ultimately can be traced to Paleo-Hebrew primitive root Biblical Hebrew 𐤉𐤔𐤏 (y-š-ʕ, “to deliver, save”).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.e̝ˈsus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.iˈsus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.iˈsus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.iˈsus/
- Hyphenation: Ἰ‧η‧σοῦς
Proper noun
Ἰησοῦς • (Iēsoûs) m (genitive Ἰησοῦ); second declension
- (biblical, Christianity, New Testament) Jesus, Jeshua, Yeshua
- (biblical, Judaism, Hebrew Bible (Septuagint)) Joshua, Jehoshua, Yehoshua
Usage notes
- The Septuagint uses Ἰησοῖ (Iēsoî) as the dative, while the New Testament uses Ἰησοῦ (Iēsoû). Otherwise declined as a second-declension contracted noun like νοῦς (noûs).
Inflection
Descendants
- → Aghwan: 𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕚 (yesus)
- → Coptic: ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ (iēsous)
- → Georgian: იესო (ieso)
- → Gothic: 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 (iēsus)
- Greek: Ιησούς (Iisoús)
- Hebrew: יֵשׁוּ
- → Latin: Iēsūs (see there for further descendants), Jēsūs
- → English: Jesus
- → Old Armenian: Յիսուս (Yisus)
- Armenian: Հիսուս (Hisus)
- → Old Church Slavonic: їисоусъ (iisusŭ), исоусъ (isusŭ)
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