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’.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
Jesus