Jesus (name)

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pronunciation=IPA|/ˈdʒiːzəs/ or IPA|/heɪˈsus/
gender = Male
meaning ="Yahweh is salvation"
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The proper name "Jesus", (meaning "Yahweh (Yahweh/Jehovah) is salvation") referring to Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of the New Testament, is attested in English from the 12th century (spelled "Iesus" or "Ihesus"), transliterating the Greek word Ίησους ("Iēsous"), from the original Hebrew Yeshua or Yehoshua (i.e. Joshua). [Liddell and Scott. "Greek-English Lexicon", pg. 824.]

Other historical characters named Jesus include Jesus ben Ananias and Jesus ben Sirach. Jesus is also a contemporary given name, in particular in the Spanish-speaking world (spelled "Jesús" and pronounced IPA| [xeˈsus] ), e.g. Jesús Alou (born 1942).

Greek and Latin declination

The original Greek of the New Testament uses the name Ἰησοῦς ("Iēsous"), a rendition of the Hebrew "Yeshua". [Liddell and Scott. "Greek-English Lexicon", pg. 824.] As in Greek, "Iesus" in Latin was declined as an athematic stem ("u"-stem).

The plural is not attested for obvious reasons.

Jesu

"Jesu" (IPAEng|ˈʤiːzuː, from Latin "Iesu") is sometimes used as the vocative of Jesus in English. Latin "Iesu" besides the vocative ("O Jesus!") also represents the genitive case ("of Jesus") and the dative and ablative cases ("to/from/for Jesus"). The Latin forms derive from Greek Ἰησοῦ ("Iēsou"), the vocative, genitive and dative-locative of Ἰησοῦς ("Iēsous"). Use of the inflected Latin forms in English is now considered an archaism. It is, however, still encountered in Early Modern hymns and prayers: most famously in Johann Sebastian Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". However, in "Jesus bleibet meine Freude", the hymn's original title, "Jesus" appears in the nominative. Compare "Jesu meine Freude", "Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen" (both vocatives), "Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod" (genitive) and other titles. The use of the inflected forms remains common among educated German speakers also outside of fixed titles and expressions.

The oblique form, "Iesu.", came to be used in Middle English: John Wycliffe (1380s), who spells the name "Jhesus", does use "Jhesu" in oblique cases, and also in the accusative, and sometimes, apparently without motivation, even for the nominative.

*Luke 4:34, "and seide, Suffre, what to vs and to thee, Jhesu of Nazareth? art thou comun to leese vs?" (vocative)
*Luke 27:27, "Thanne knyytis of the iustice token Jhesu in the moot halle" (accusative)
*Mark 2:15, "many pupplicans and synful men saten togidere at the mete with Jhesu and hise disciplis" (dative)
*Mark 15:45, "and whanne he knewe of the centurion, he grauntide the bodi of Jhesu to Joseph." (genitive)

Tyndale in the 16th century has the occasional "Iesu" in oblique cases and in the vocative; The 1611 KJV uses "Iesus" throughout, regardless of syntax.

"Jesu" came to be used in English, especially in hymns. The use of the form "Jesu" is not limited to the possessive case, but, as in the Greek, also applies to the vocative case ("O Jesu, I have promised!" and "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring") and the dative case ("to Jesu"). Indeed, in most instances, "Jesu" is used in the vocative in English. As a possessive, this form is mostly used with "of": "the love of Jesu my Lord". However, in some cases it may simply be placed before the noun: "Jesu heart".

Jesus' or Jesus's

As expletive or attribute

Used as part of an oath or exclamation of surprise or annoyance, the name appears in the 1377 "Piers Plowman" ("Bi iesus"), in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" (1592) in "Iesu a very good blade, a very tall man". Joyce's 1922 "Ulysses" has, for example "Yes, sir. No, sir. Jesus wept: and no wonder, by Christ" (39). The 1923 issue of "Dialect Notes" (V. 212, cited by the OED) records that "Jesus Christ" was an expletive common to both men and women, and was not considered in any way profane.

The name is also used to identify an evangelical Christian, e.g. "Jesus-shouters", "Jesus freak", "Jesus shop".

People with the given name Jesus

* Jesús Alou, a baseball player
* Jesús Guevara, a Venezuelan heavyweight boxer
* Jesús Herrera, a Mexican long-distance runner
* Jesus Quintana, a character in the film "The Big Lebowski"
* Jesus Navas, a Spanish football player
* Jesus Baza Duenas, a Catholic priest in Guam
* GG Allin was originally born with the name Jesus Christ Allin
* Jesús López-Cobos, Spanish conductor, born 25 February, 1940
* Jezus: Michael Clarke.

ee also

*Yeshua (name)
*Yeshu
*Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament

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