messiah

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Etymology tree Aramaic ܡ ܫ ܚder. Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)bor. Hebrew מָשַׁח Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)der. Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)bor. Latin Messīāsbor. Middle English Messyasder. English Messiah Derived from Middle English Messyas.

Etymology tree Aramaic ܡ ܫ ܚder. Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)bor. Hebrew מָשַׁח Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)der. Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)bor. Latin Messīāsbor. Middle English Messyasder. English messiah From Middle English Messyas, Messy, Messie, from Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), from Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”). Doublet of Masih and Moshiach.

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Mesia — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Arabic: الْمَسِيح (al-masīḥ) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Aramaic: ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (Məšīḥā) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מְשִׁיחָא (Məšīḥā) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Armenian: Օծյալ (Ōcyal) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Azerbaijani: Məsih — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Belarusian: Месі́я (Mjesíja) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Bengali: মসিহ (mośiho) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Bulgarian: Меси́я (Mesíja) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Burmese: မေရှိယ (mehri.ya.) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Catalan: Messies — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Chinese Cantonese: 彌賽亞 /弥赛亚 (mei4 coi3 aa3, nei4 coi3 aa3) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Chinese Cantonese: 默西亞 /默西亚 (mak6 sai1 aa3) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Chinese: 彌賽亞 /弥赛亚 (Bí-sài-a, Mî-sài-a) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Chinese: 默西亞 /默西亚 (Be̍k-se-a) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Chinese: Me-sí-iah — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Chinese Mandarin: 彌賽亞 /弥赛亚 (Mísàiyà) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Chinese Mandarin: 默西亞 /默西亚 (Mòxīyà) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Ngazidja Comorian: Masihi — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Czech: Mesiáš — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Danish: Messias — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Dutch: Messias — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Estonian: Messias — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Finnish: Messias — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• French: Messie — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Galician: Mesías — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Georgian: მესია (mesia) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• German: Messias — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Greek: Μεσσίας (Messías) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Ancient Greek: Μεσσίας (Messías) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Ancient Greek: Χριστός (Khristós) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Hebrew: מָּשִׁיחַ (mashíakh) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Hebrew: הַמָּשִׁיחַ (ha-mashíakh) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Hindi: मसीह (masīh) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Hindi: मसीहा (masīhā) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Hindi: क्राइस्ट (krāisṭ) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Hungarian: Messiás — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Hungarian: Megváltó — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Iban: Almesih — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Icelandic: Messías — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Indonesian: Mesias — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Irish: Meisias — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Irish: An tUngthach — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Italian: Messia — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Japanese: メシア (Meshia) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Kazakh: Мәсіх (Mäsıx) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Khmer: មេស្ស៊ី (meihsii) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Korean: 메시아 (Mesia) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Kyrgyz: Мессия (Messiya) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Lao: ເມຊີອາ (mē sī ʼā) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Latvian: Mesija — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Lithuanian: Mesijas — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Macedonian: Ме́сија (Mésija) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Malay: Al-Masih — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Malay: Mesias — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Norman: Messie — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Norwegian Bokmål: Messias — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Pashto: مسيح (masíh) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Dari: مَسِیح (masīh) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Dari: مَسِیحَا (masīhā) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Iranian Persian: مَسیح (masih) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Iranian Persian: مَسیحا (masihâ) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Polish: Mesjasz — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Portuguese: Messias — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Romanian: Mesia — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Russian: Месси́я (Messíja) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Serbo-Croatian: Ме́сија — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Serbo-Croatian: Mésija — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Slovak: Mesiáš — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Slovene: Mesíja — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Spanish: Mesías — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Swahili: Masiya — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Swedish: Messias — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Tagalog: Mesiyas — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Tajik: Масеҳ (Maseh) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Tatar: Мәсих (Mäsix) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Thai: เมสสิยาห์ (mét-sì-yaa) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Turkish: Mesih — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Ottoman Turkish: مسیح (mesih) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Ukrainian: Месі́я (Mesíja) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Urdu: مَسِیح (masīh) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Urdu: مَسِیحا (masīhā) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Uyghur: مەسىھ (mesih) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Uzbek: Masih — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Uzbek: Messiya — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Vietnamese: Đấng Mê-si — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Vietnamese: Mê-si-a — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Volapük: Mäsiat — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Volapük: Mesial — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Welsh: Meseia — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Yiddish: משיח (moshiyekh) — (Christianity) Jesus — see also Savior
• Albanian: mesi — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Albanian: mesia — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Arabic: مَسِيح (masīḥ) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Aramaic: ܡܫܝܚܐ (məšīḥā) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מְשִׁיחָא (məšīḥā) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Armenian: օծյալ (ōcyal) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Armenian: մեսիա (mesia) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Azerbaijani: məsih — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Belarusian: месі́я (mjesíja) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Bengali: মসিহ (mośiho) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Bulgarian: меси́я (mesíja) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Burmese: မေရှိယ (mehri.ya.) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Catalan: messies — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Chinese Mandarin: 彌賽亞 /弥赛亚 (mísàiyà, mísàiyǎ) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Czech: mesiáš — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Danish: messias — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Dutch: Messias — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Esperanto: mesio — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Estonian: messias — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Faroese: messias — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Finnish: messias — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• French: messie — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Georgian: მესია (mesia) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• German: Messias — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Greek: μεσσίας (messías) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ (mashíakh) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Hindi: मसीह (masīh) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Hindi: मसीहा (masīhā) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Ido: mesio — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Irish: Meisias — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Italian: messia — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Kazakh: мәсіх (mäsıx) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Khmer: មេស្ស៊ី (meihsii) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Kyrgyz: мессия (messiya) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Lao: ເມຊີອາ (mē sī ʼā) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Latvian: mesija — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Lithuanian: mesijas — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Macedonian: месија (mesija) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Norwegian Bokmål: messias — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Pashto: مسيح (masih) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Pashto: مسيحا (masihā) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Dari: مَسِیح (masīh) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Dari: مَسِیحَا (masīhā) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Iranian Persian: مَسیح (masih) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Iranian Persian: مَسیحا (masihâ) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Polish: mesjasz — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Portuguese: messias — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Russian: месси́я (messíja) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Scottish Gaelic: mesias — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Serbo-Croatian: ме́сија — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Serbo-Croatian: mésija — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Slovak: mesiáš — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Slovene: mesija — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Spanish: mesías — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Swedish: Messias — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Tagalog: mesiyas — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Tajik: масеҳ (maseh) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Tajik: масеҳо (maseho) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Thai: เมสสิยาห์ (mét-sì-yaa) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Turkish: mesih — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Ottoman Turkish: مسیح (mesih) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Ukrainian: месі́я (mesíja) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Urdu: مَسِیح (masīh) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Urdu: مَسِیحا (masīhā) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Uzbek: masih — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Uzbek: messiya — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Vietnamese: mê-si-a — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Yiddish: משיח (moshiyekh) — ordained to lead the people of Israel
• Dutch: messias — an extremely powerful divine figure
• Finnish: messias — an extremely powerful divine figure
• Hindi: मसीह (masīh) — an extremely powerful divine figure
• Hindi: मसीहा (masīhā) — an extremely powerful divine figure
• Polish: mesjasz — an extremely powerful divine figure
• Urdu: مَسِیح (masīh) — an extremely powerful divine figure
• Urdu: مَسِیحا (masīhā) — an extremely powerful divine figure