Ἰησοῦς
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editHellenized form of Semitic proper name roughly equivalent to Ἰησοῦ (Iēsoû) + -ς (-s); Hellenic case suffixes added to an approximated Greek literal phonetic rendering of Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (yēšū́ʿ, “Jesus”) and Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́ʿa, “Jesus” or “Joshua”), a syncopated relative of Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yĕhōšúʿa, “Joshua”); ultimately can be traced to Paleo-Hebrew primitive root Biblical Hebrew 𐤉𐤔𐤏 (y-š-ʕ, “to deliver, save”).
Pronunciation
edit- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.e̝ˈsus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.iˈsus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.iˈsus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.iˈsus/
- Hyphenation: Ἰ‧η‧σοῦς
Proper noun
editἸησοῦς • (Iēsoûs) m (genitive Ἰησοῦ); second declension
- (biblical, Christianity, New Testament) Jesus, Jeshua, Yeshua
- (biblical, Judaism, Hebrew Bible (Septuagint)) Joshua, Jehoshua, Yehoshua
Usage notes
edit- The Septuagint uses Ἰησοῖ (Iēsoî) as the dative, while the New Testament uses Ἰησοῦ (Iēsoû). Otherwise declined as a second-declension contracted noun like νοῦς (noûs).
Inflection
editDescendants
edit- → Aghwan: 𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕚 (yesus)
- → Coptic: ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ (iēsous)
- → Georgian: იესო (ieso)
- → Gothic: 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 (iēsus)
- Greek: Ιησούς (Iisoús)
- Hebrew: יֵשׁוּ
- → Latin: Iēsūs (see there for further descendants), Jēsūs
- → Old Armenian: Յիսուս (Yisus)
- Armenian: Հիսուս (Hisus)
- → Old Church Slavonic: їисоусъ (iisusŭ), исоусъ (isusŭ)
References
edit- “Ἰησοῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἰησοῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2424 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- LSJ
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