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 Definitions of Messiah  [ɪˈsaɪ ə]  

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Definition of 'Messiah' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Messiah
the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.

2.  Messiah
Jesus Christ, regarded by Christians as fulfilling this promise and expectation. John 4:25, 26.

3.  Messiah
(l.c.) any expected deliverer or savior.

Etymology:  (< LL < Gk < Heb māshīa&hdotbelow; lit., anointed)

Definition of 'Messiah' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) messiah, christ
any expected deliverer

2. (noun) Messiah
Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer

3. (noun) Messiah
the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people

4. (noun) Messiah
an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742


Definition of 'Messiah' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Messiah
the expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ


Definitions of 'Messiah' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  Messiah
one consecrated of God, who the Jewish prophets predicted would one day appear to emancipate the Jewish people from bondage and exalt them in the eyes of all the other nations of the earth as His elect nation, and for the glory of His name.


Translation of 'Messiah' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (withthe) Jesus Christ.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: Messias Arabic flag Arabic: المسيح Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: Исус Христос
Brazilian flag Brazilian: Messias Czech flag Czech: mesiáš German flag German: der Messias
Danish flag Danish: messias Greek flag Greek: Μεσσίας Spanish flag Spanish: Mesías
Estonian flag Estonian: messias Farsi flag Farsi: مسیح موعود Finnish flag Finnish: Messias
French flag French: Messie Hebrew flag Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ Hindi flag Hindi: मुक्तिदाता
Croatian flag Croatian: Mesija Hungarian flag Hungarian: Messiás Indonesian flag Indonesian: Mesias
Icelandic flag Icelandic: Messías Italian flag Italian: Messia Japanese flag Japanese: 救世主キリスト
Korean flag Korean: 구세주, 예수 그리스도 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: Mesijas Latvian flag Latvian: mesija
Malay flag Malay: Ahli Masih Dutch flag Dutch: Messias Norwegian flag Norwegian: Messias
Polish flag Polish: Mesjasz Persian flag Persian: مسیح Pashto flag Pashto: عيسىٰ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: Messias Romanian flag Romanian: Mesia Russian flag Russian: мессия
Slovak flag Slovak: mesiáš Slovenian flag Slovenian: Mesija Serbian flag Serbian: Mesija
Swedish flag Swedish: Messias Thai flag Thai: พระเยซูคริสต์ Turkish flag Turkish: Mesih; Hz.İsa
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 耶穌 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: месія Urdu flag Urdu: حضرت عیسی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vị cứu tinh Chinese flag Chinese: 耶稣

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