Jesus

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zəs] ~ [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zs̩]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːˌzʌs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯ˌzʌs]
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• General-American: /ˈd͡ʒizəs/
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• General-American: [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zəs] ~ [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zs̩]
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• Mid-Atlantic, US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• General-South-African: /ˈd͡ʒiːzɨ̞s/
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• General-South-African: [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zɨ̞s]
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• South-Asia: /ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/
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• South-Asia: [ˈd͡ʒiːzɐs]
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• South-Asia: /ˈd͡ʒiːsəs/
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• South-Asia: [ˈd͡ʒiːsɐs]
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• rhymes with -iːzəs
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• rhymes with -iːzʌs
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• /heɪ̯ˈsuːs/
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• [heɪ̯ˈsʊu̯s]
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• /ˈheɪ̯ˌsuːs/
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• [ˈheɪ̯ˌsʊu̯s]
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• /hɛˈsuːs/
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• [hɛˈsʊu̯s]
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• /ˈhɛˌsuːs/
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• [ˈhɛˌsʊu̯s]
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• /xeɪ̯ˈsuːs/
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• [xeɪ̯ˈsʊu̯s]
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• /ˈxeɪ̯ˌsuːs/
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• [ˈxeɪ̯ˌsʊu̯s]
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• /xɛˈsuːs/
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• [xɛˈsʊu̯s]
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• /ˈxɛˌsuːs/
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• [ˈxɛˌsʊu̯s]
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• rhymes with -uːs
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• CMU ARPABET: JH IY1 Z AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English Jhesus, Iesus, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ), a contracted form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”), meaning "the Lord saves". The form יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ) is attested in some of the later books of the Hebrew Bible (Ezra–Nehemiah), and translated as Jeshua or Yeshua in some English editions (the former appearing in the King James Version). The Greek texts make no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). In the Wycliffe Bible (Middle English), the forms used are Jhesus and Jhesu.

312 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Jissus — expletive
• Chinese Mandarin: 天殺的 /天杀的 (tiānshā de) — expletive
• Chinese Mandarin: 該死 /该死 (gāi sǐ) — expletive
• Chinese Mandarin: 天啊 (tiān'a) — expletive
• Chinese Mandarin: 他媽的 /他妈的 (tāmāde) — expletive
• Chinese Mandarin: 我操 (wǒcāo) — expletive
• Chinese Mandarin: 我肏 (wǒcào) — expletive
• Chinese Mandarin: 我靠 (wǒkào) — expletive
• Czech: ježiš — expletive
• Czech: ježíš — expletive
• Czech: ježiši — expletive
• Czech: ježíši — expletive
• Dutch: Jasses — expletive
• Finnish: jösses — expletive
• Finnish: jestas — expletive
• Finnish: kiesus — expletive
• French: doux Jésus — expletive
• Galician: Xesús! — expletive
• Galician: Xasús! — expletive
• Greek: Ιησούς Χριστός! (Iisoús Christós!) — expletive
• Macedonian: Исусе! (Isuse!) — expletive
• Manchu: ᠠᠪᡴᠠ ᠸᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᡝ (abka warangge) — expletive
• Manchu: ᠠᠪᡴᠠ ᠸᠠᡵᡠ (abka waru) — expletive
• Khiamniungan Naga: Īsúo — expletive
• Polish: o — expletive
• Polish: Jezu! — expletive
• Polish: Jezus — expletive
• Polish: Maria! — expletive
• Portuguese: Jesus! — expletive
• Russian: Иису́се! (Iisúse!) — expletive
• Spanish: Jesús — expletive
• Spanish: ave María — expletive
• Vietnamese: Giê-su — expletive
• Afrikaans: Jesus — religious figure
• Aghwan: 𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕚 (yesus) — religious figure
• Akawaio: Seiso — religious figure
• Akawaio: Sises — religious figure
• Albanian: Jezui — religious figure
• Albanian: Jisui — religious figure
• Albanian: Lli — religious figure
• Amharic: የሱስ (yäsus) — religious figure
• Guerrero Amuzgo: Su — religious figure
• Western Apache: nayééneezgháné — religious figure
• Arabic: عِيسَى (ʕīsā) — religious figure
• Arabic: يَسُوع m or (yasūʕ) — religious figure
• Aragonese: Chesús — religious figure
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܼܫܘܿܥ (īšōˁ) — religious figure
• Aramaic: יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšūaʿ) — religious figure
• Aramaic: הֲוָאטִיעַ (hăwāṯiaʿ) — religious figure
• Aramaic: ܝܶܫܽܘܥ (yšōʿ) — religious figure
• Armenian: Հիսուս (Hisus) — religious figure
• Old Armenian: Յիսուս (Yisus) — religious figure
• Aromanian: Isus — religious figure
• Assamese: যীশু (zixu) — religious figure
• Asturian: Xesús — religious figure
• Azerbaijani: İsa — religious figure
• Balinese: Yésus — religious figure
• Bashkir: Ғайса (Ğaysa) — religious figure
• Basque: Jesus — religious figure
• Belarusian: Ісу́с (Isús) — religious figure
• Belarusian: Е́зус (Jézus) — religious figure
• Bengali: যীশু (jiśu) — religious figure
• Bengali: ঈসা (iśa) — religious figure
• Betawi: Yèsus — religious figure
• Betawi: Isa — religious figure
• Breton: Jezuz — religious figure
• Bulgarian: Иису́с (Iisús) — religious figure
• Bulgarian: Ису́с (Isús) — religious figure
• Burmese: ယေရှု (yehru.) — religious figure
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ісус (Isus) — religious figure
• Catalan: Jesús — religious figure
• Cebuano: Jesus — religious figure
• Cherokee: ᏥᏌ (tsisa) — religious figure
• Chichewa: Yesu — religious figure
• Lautu Chin: Zingsuv — religious figure
• Chinese Cantonese: 耶穌 /耶稣 — religious figure
• Eastern Min Chinese: 耶穌 /耶稣 (Ià-sŭ) — religious figure
• Hakka Chinese: 耶穌 /耶稣 (Yâ-sû) — religious figure
• Chinese: 耶穌 /耶稣 (Iâ-so͘) — religious figure
• Literary Chinese: 移鼠 (Yíshǔ) — religious figure
• Chinese Mandarin: 耶穌 /耶稣 (Yēsū) — religious figure
• Chinese Mandarin: 伊伊穌斯 /伊伊稣斯 (Yīyīsūsī) — religious figure
• Chinese Mandarin: 鿗 (Yīyīsūsī) — religious figure
• Northern Min Chinese: 耶穌 /耶稣 (Iǎ-sú) — religious figure
• Wu Chinese: 耶穌 /耶稣 — religious figure
• Choctaw: Chisạs — religious figure
• Ngazidja Comorian: Isa — religious figure
• Coptic: ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ (iēsous) — religious figure
• Coptic: ⲓⲏⲥ (iēs) — religious figure
• Cornish: Yesu — religious figure
• Corsican: Gesù — religious figure
• Crimean Tatar: İsa — religious figure
• Czech: Ježíš — religious figure
• Danish: Jesus — religious figure
• Dutch: Jezus — religious figure
• Esperanto: Jesuo — religious figure
• Estonian: Jeesus — religious figure
• Ewe: Yesu — religious figure
• Extremaduran: Jesú — religious figure
• Farefare: Azezi — religious figure
• Farefare: Yezu — religious figure
• Faroese: Jesus — religious figure
• Fijian: Jisu — religious figure
• Finnish: Jeesus — religious figure
• Franco-Provençal: Jèsus — religious figure
• French: Jésus — religious figure
• Middle French: Iesus — religious figure
• Old French: Jhesu — religious figure
• North Frisian: Jiises — religious figure
• West-Frisian: Jezus — religious figure
• Friulian: Gjesù — religious figure
• Gagauz: İisus — religious figure
• Gagauz: Иисус (İisus) — religious figure
• Galician: Xesús — religious figure
• Georgian: იესო (ieso) — religious figure
• Georgian: ქრისტე (krisṭe) — religious figure
• German: Jesus — religious figure
• German: Jesus — religious figure
• Bavarian German: Jesus — religious figure
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 (iēsus) — religious figure
• Greek: Ιησούς (Iisoús) — religious figure
• Ancient Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) — religious figure
• Greenlandic: Jiisusi — religious figure
• Paraguayan Guarani: Hesu — religious figure
• Gujarati: ઈસુ (īsu) — religious figure
• Gujarati: ઈસા (īsā) — religious figure
• Gusii: Yeso — religious figure
• Haitian Creole: Jezi — religious figure
• Hausa: Isa — religious figure
• Hawaiian: Iesū — religious figure
• Hebrew: יֵשׁוּעַ (yeshúa') — religious figure
• Hebrew: יֵשׁוּ (yeshú) — religious figure
• Hindi: यीशु (yīśu) — religious figure
• Hindi: यसू (yasū) — religious figure
• Hindi: ईसा (īsā) — religious figure
• White Hmong: Yexus — religious figure
• Hungarian: Jézus — religious figure
• Hunsrik: Yeesus — religious figure
• Icelandic: Jesús — religious figure
• Ido: Iesu — religious figure
• Igbo: Jisọs — religious figure
• Igbo: Jizọs — religious figure
• Indonesian: Yesus — religious figure
• Indonesian: Isa — religious figure
• Interlingua: Jesus — religious figure
• Irish: Íosa — religious figure
• Old Irish: Íssu — religious figure
• Italian: Gesù — religious figure
• Jamaican Creole: Jiizas — religious figure
• Jamaican Creole: Jezas — religious figure
• Japanese: イエス (Iesu) — religious figure
• Japanese: イイスス (Iisusu) — religious figure
• Japanese: イエズス (Iezusu) — religious figure
• Japanese: イエス・キリスト (Iesu Kirisuto) — religious figure
• Javanese: Yésus — religious figure
• Jingpho: Yesu — religious figure
• Kapampangan: Yesus — religious figure
• S'gaw Karen: ယ့ၣ်ၡူး (yaỳ shoö) — religious figure
• Kashubian: Jezës — religious figure
• Kashubian: Jezus — religious figure
• Kazakh: Иса (İsa) — religious figure
• Khmer: យេស៊ូ (yeisuu) — religious figure
• Kikuyu: Jeso — religious figure
• Konkani: जेजू (jej̈ū) — religious figure
• Korean: 예수 (Yesu) — religious figure
• Northern Kurdish: Îsa — religious figure
• Kyrgyz: Ыйса (Iysa) — religious figure
• Ladino: ישו ישוע — religious figure
• Ladino: Yeshu — religious figure
• Ladino: Yeshua — religious figure
• Lao: ເຢຊູ (yē sū) — religious figure
• Lao: ເຍຊູ (nyē sū) — religious figure
• Latgalian: Jezus — religious figure
• Latin: Iēsūs — religious figure
• Latvian: Jēzus — religious figure
• Ligurian: Gesû — religious figure
• Limburgish: Zjezös — religious figure
• Limburgish: Jezus — religious figure
• Lisu: ꓬꓰ-ꓢꓴ (je-su) — religious figure
• Lithuanian: Jėzus — religious figure
• Lombard: Gesü — religious figure
• Lombard: Gesù — religious figure
• Low German: Jesus — religious figure
• Lü: ᦵᦍᦌᦴ (yesuu) — religious figure
• Luganda: Yesu — religious figure
• Luhya: Yesu — religious figure
• Lutuv: Zingsuv — religious figure
• Luxembourgish: Jesus — religious figure
• Macedonian: Исус (Isus) — religious figure
• Malagasy: Jesosy — religious figure
• Malagasy: Jesoa — religious figure
• Malay: Isa — religious figure
• Malay: Yesus — religious figure
• Malayalam: ഈശോ (īśō) — religious figure
• Malayalam: യേശു (yēśu) — religious figure
• Maltese: Ġesù — religious figure
• Manx: Yeesey — religious figure
• Māori: Ihu — religious figure
• Marathi: येशू (yeśū) — religious figure
• Marathi: जिजस (jijas) — religious figure
• Marshallese: Jijej — religious figure
• Marshallese: Jisōs — religious figure
• Meru: Njiisu — religious figure
• Middle English: Jhesus — religious figure
• Middle English: Iesus — religious figure
• Mirandese: Jasus — religious figure
• Mongolian: Есүс (Jesüs) — religious figure
• Khiamniungan Naga: Īsúo — religious figure
• Navajo: Jíísas — religious figure
• Navajo: Doodaatsaahii — religious figure
• Neapolitan: Gèsù — religious figure
• Nepali: यसू (yesu) — religious figure
• Car Nicobarese: Yēsū — religious figure
• Norman: Jésû — religious figure
• Norwegian Bokmål: Jesus — religious figure
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Jesus — religious figure
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Jøsses — religious figure
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Jøss — religious figure
• Occitan: Jèsus — religious figure
• Old Occitan: Ihesu — religious figure
• Odia: ଯୀଶୁ (jiśu) — religious figure
• Odia: ଈସା (isā) — religious figure
• Church Slavic: Исоусъ (Isusŭ) — religious figure
• Church Slavic: Їисоусъ (Iisusŭ) — religious figure
• Church Slavic: Їисъ (Iisŭ) — religious figure
• Old English: Hǣlend — religious figure
• Old Norse: Jésús — religious figure
• Old Prussian: Jēzus — religious figure
• Old Tupi: Îesu — religious figure
• Pashto: عيسى ('isā) — religious figure
• Persian: عیسیٰ ('isâ) — religious figure
• Persian: یَشوع (yašu') — religious figure
• Piedmontese: Gesù — religious figure
• Pirahã: Hisoi — religious figure
• Polish: Jezus — religious figure
• Portuguese: Jesus — religious figure
• Punjabi: ਯਿਸੂ (yesū) — religious figure
• Punjabi: ਈਸਾ (īsā) — religious figure
• Punjabi: یسوع (yesū) — religious figure
• Punjabi: عیسی (īsā) — religious figure
• Western Pwo: ယ့ၫၡုၬ — religious figure
• Romanian: Iisus — religious figure
• Romansh: Gesu — religious figure
• Russian: Иису́с (Iisús) — religious figure
• Northern Sami: Jesus — religious figure
• Santali: ᱡᱤᱥᱩ (jisu) — religious figure
• Sardinian: Gesùs — religious figure
• Scots: Jesus — religious figure
• Scottish Gaelic: Ìosa — religious figure
• Serbo-Croatian: Ѝсус — religious figure
• Serbo-Croatian: Ìsus — religious figure
• Shan: ယေႇသူႉ (yèe sṵ̂u) — religious figure
• Sicilian: Gisù — religious figure
• Sicilian: Jisù — religious figure
• Slovak: Ježiš — religious figure
• Slovene: Jézus — religious figure
• Somali: Ciise — religious figure
• Lower Sorbian: Jezus — religious figure
• Upper Sorbian: Jězus — religious figure
• Sotho: Jesu — religious figure
• Spanish: Jesús — religious figure
• Sundanese: Yésus — religious figure
• Swahili: Yesu — religious figure
• Swahili: Isa — religious figure
• Swedish: Jesus — religious figure
• Tagalog: Hesus — religious figure
• Tajik: Исо — religious figure
• Tamil: இயேசு (iyēcu) — religious figure
• Tamil: யேசு (yēcu) — religious figure
• Tamil: ஈசா (īcā) — religious figure
• Tatar: Гайсә (Ğäysä) — religious figure
• Telugu: యేసు (yēsu) — religious figure
• Telugu: ఏసు (ēsu) — religious figure
• Telugu: ఈసా (īsā) — religious figure
• Thai: เยซู (yee-suu) — religious figure
• Tibetan: ཡེ་ཤུ (ye shu) — religious figure
• Tigrinya: የሱስ (yäsus) — religious figure
• Tigrinya: እየሱስ (ʾəyäsus) — religious figure
• Tok Pisin: Jisas — religious figure
• Turkish: İsa — religious figure
• Turkmen: Isa — religious figure
• Ukrainian: Ісу́с (Isús) — religious figure
• Unami: Jesus — religious figure
• Urdu: عِیسیٰ ('īsā) — religious figure
• Urdu: یَسُوع (yasū') — religious figure
• Uyghur: ئەيسا (eysa) — religious figure
• Uzbek: Iso — religious figure
• Venetan: Gesù — religious figure
• Vietnamese: Giêsu — religious figure
• Vietnamese: Giê-su — religious figure
• Vietnamese: Giê-xu — religious figure
• Vietnamese: Jesus — religious figure
• Vietnamese: Gia-tô — religious figure
• Vietnamese: Gia Tô — religious figure
• Vietnamese: Da Tô — religious figure
• Walloon: Djezus — religious figure
• Welsh: Iesu — religious figure
• Wolaytta: Yesuusa — religious figure
• Xhosa: uYesu — religious figure
• Yiddish: יעזוס (yezus) — religious figure
• Yiddish: ישו (yeshu) — religious figure
• Yiddish: ישו הנוצרי (yeshu hanotsri) — religious figure
• Yiddish: יאָשקע (yoshke) — religious figure
• Yiddish: יאָשקע פּאַנדרע (yoshke pandre) — religious figure
• Yiddish: ישוע (yeshua) — religious figure
• Yoruba: Jésù — religious figure
• Yup'ik: Yiissus — religious figure
• Yup'ik: Ciissussaq — religious figure
• Zhuang: Yehsuh — religious figure
• Zulu: uJesu — religious figure
• Bengali: যীশু করা (jiśu kora) — to moralize
• Finnish: jeesustella — to moralize