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Jesus (/ ˈdʒiːzəs /) is a masculine given name derived from Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς; Iesus in Classical Latin) the Ancient Greek form of the Hebrew name Yeshua (ישוע). [1][2] As its roots lie in the name Isho in Aramaic and Yeshua in Hebrew, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua. [3]
Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament. Latin inscription of Philippians 2:10: "At the name of Jesus every knee should bow", Church of the Gesù, Rome. Two names and a variety of titles are used to refer to Jesus in the New Testament. [1] In Christianity, the two names Jesus and Emmanuel that refer to Jesus in the New Testament have ...
In Catholicism, the veneration of the Holy Name of Jesus (also Most Holy Name of Jesus, Italian: Santissimo Nome di Gesù) developed as a separate type of devotion in the early modern period, in parallel to that of the Sacred Heart. The Litany of the Holy Name is a Roman-rite Catholic prayer, probably of the 15th century (Bernardino of Siena ...
The English name Jesus derives from the Late Latin name Iesus, which transliterates the Koine Greek name Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs. In the Septuagint and other Greek-language Jewish texts, such as the writings of Josephus and Philo of Alexandria , Ἰησοῦς ( Iēsoûs ) is the standard Koine Greek form used to translate both of the Hebrew ...
The essential uses of the name of God the Father in the New Testament are Theos (θεός the Greek term for God), Kyrios (i.e. Lord in Greek) and Patēr (πατήρ i.e. Father in Greek). [ 1 ][ 15 ] The Aramaic word "Abba" (אבא), meaning "Father" is used by Jesus in Mark 14:36 and also appears in Romans 8:15 and Galatians 4:6.
The word Christ (and similar spellings) appears in English and in most European languages. English speakers now often use "Christ" as if it were a name, one part of the name " Jesus Christ ", though it was originally a title ("the Messiah"). Its usage in "Christ Jesus" emphasizes its nature as a title. [ 8 ][ 15 ] Compare the usage "the Christ".
A Christogram(Latin: Monogramma Christi)[a]is a monogramor combination of letters that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a religious symbolwithin the Christian Church. One of the oldest Christograms is the Chi-Rho(☧). It consists of the superimposed Greek letters chi(Χ)and rho(Ρ), which are the first ...
Lamb of God (Greek: Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, romanized:Amnòs toû Theoû; Latin: Agnus Dei, Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈaɲ.ɲus ˈde.i]) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." [ 1 ]