᾿Ιησοῦς : JESUS

Illustrations of English words
derived from the Greek in the New Testament.

By Gaylon West.

Jesus late 12c. (Old English used hælend "savior"), from Greek Iesous, which is an attempt to render into Greek the Aramaic proper name Jeshua (Hebrew Yeshua) "Jah is salvation," a common Jewish personal name, the later form of Hebrew Yehoshua - http://www.etymonline.com/ Thayer Definition: Jesus = “Jehovah is salvation” 1) Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate 2) Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ 3) Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor (Act_7:45, Heb_4:8) 4) Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ (Luk_3:29) 5) Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel (Col. 4:11) Part of Speech: noun proper masculine