Jesus
noun/ˈdʒiːzəs/
/ˈdʒiːzəs/
(also Christ, Jesus Christ)
- the man that Christians believe is the son of God and on whose teachings the Christian religion is basedTopics Religion and festivalsc1Word Originfrom Christian Latin Iesus, from Greek Iēsous, from a late Hebrew or Aramaic analogous formation based on Yěhōšûă‘ ‘Joshua’.
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