Messiah

Mes-si′ah

,

Noun.

[Heb.

māshīakh

anointed, fr.

māshakh

to anoint. Cf.

Messias

.]

The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ.

And told them the

Messiah

now was born.

Milton.

Messiah

MESSI'AH

,

Adj.

[Heb. anointed.] Christ, the anointed; the Savior of the world.

I know that when Messiah cometh, who is called Christ, he will tell us all things. Jesus answered her, I that speak to thee am he. John 4.

Messiah

See also: messiah

English

Proper noun

Messiah

The promised and expected savior or liberator of the Jewish people.
A saviour or liberator of a group of people.
(Christianity) Jesus

Translations

(Christianity) Jesus

Arabic: الْمَسِيح m ‎(al-masīḥ), الْمَاشِيح m ‎(al-māšīḥ)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܐ m ‎(mšīħā’)

Hebrew: משיחא m ‎(mšīħā’)
Armenian: Օծյալ ‎(Ōcyal)
Azeri: Məsih
Belarusian: Месі́я m ‎(Mjesíja)
Bulgarian: Меси́я m ‎(Mesíja)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 彌賽亞, 弥赛亚 ‎(mei⁴ coi³ aa³, nei⁴ coi³ aa³), 默西亞, 默西亚 ‎(mak⁶ sai¹ aa³) (Catholic)

Mandarin: 彌賽亞 (zh), 弥赛亚 (zh) ‎(Mísàiyà), 默西亞 (zh), 默西亚 (zh) ‎(Mòxīyà) (Catholic)

Min Nan: 彌賽亞, 弥赛亚 ‎(Bí-sài-a, Mî-sài-a), 默西亞, 默西亚 ‎(Be̍k-se-a) (Catholic), Me-sí-iah
Czech: Mesiáš m
Dutch: Messias (nl)
Estonian: Messias
Finnish: Messias
French: Messie (fr) m
Georgian: მესია ‎(mesia)
German: Messias (de) m
Greek: Μεσσίας m ‎(Messías)
Ancient: Μεσσίας m ‎(Messías)
Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ m ‎(mashíakh)
Hindi: मसीह (hi) m ‎(masīh)
Hungarian: Messiás, Megváltó (hu)
Iban: Almesih
Indonesian: Mesias
Irish: Meisias m

Italian: Messia m
Japanese: メシア (ja) ‎(Meshia)
Norman: Messie m
Kazakh: Мессия ‎(Messïya)
Korean: 메시아 ‎(Mesia)
Latvian: Mesija m
Lithuanian: Mesijas m
Macedonian: Ме́сија m ‎(Mésija)
Malay: Al-Masih, Mesias
Ngazidja Comorian: Masihi
Persian: مسیح (fa) ‎(masih)
Polish: Mesjasz (pl) m
Portuguese: Messias (pt) m
Romanian: Mesia m
Russian: Месси́я (ru) m ‎(Messíja)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Месија m

Roman: Mesija (sh) m
Slovak: Mesiáš m
Slovene: Mesíja m
Spanish: Mesías (es) m
Swedish: Messias
Tagalog: Mesyas
Tatar: Мәсих ‎(Mäsix)
Thai: เมสสิยาห์ ‎(mâyt-sì-yaa)
Turkish: Mesih (tr)
Ukrainian: Месі́я m ‎(Mesíja)
Urdu: مسیح m ‎(masīh)
Vietnamese: Đấng Mê-si
Volapük: Mäsiat, (older term) Mesial
Yiddish: משיח m ‎(moshiyekh)

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See also: Messiah

English

Noun

messiah ‎(plural messiahs)

(Abrahamic tradition) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians to be Jesus Christ.
An extremely powerful divine figure.

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Translations

ordained to lead the people of Israel

Arabic: مَسِيح m ‎(masīḥ)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܐ m ‎(mšīħā’)

Hebrew: משיחא m ‎(mšīħā’)
Armenian: օծյալ ‎(ōcyal), մեսիա (hy) ‎(mesia)
Catalan: messies m
Czech: mesiáš (cs) m
Danish: messias
Dutch: Messias (nl) m
Esperanto: mesio
Faroese: messias m
Finnish: messias (fi)
French: messie (fr) m

Georgian: მესია ‎(mesia)
German: Messias (de) m
Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ m ‎(mashíakh)
Ido: mesio (io)
Irish: Meisias m
Italian: messia (it) m
Persian: مسیح (fa) ‎(masih)
Polish: mesjasz (pl) m
Portuguese: messias (pt) m
Russian: месси́я (ru) m ‎(messíja)
Spanish: Mesías (es) m
Swedish: Messias c
Yiddish: משיח m ‎(moshiyekh)

an extremely powerful divine figure

Dutch: messias (nl) m
Finnish: messias (fi)

Polish: mesjasz (pl) m

Anagrams

mashies, smashie

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