Ἐμμανουήλ

See also: Εμμανουήλ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Hebrew phrase עמנו אל "God is with us" from עם "with" with the 2nd person plural ending ־נו, and אל "God."

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.maː.noː.ɛ̌ːl/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛm.ma.nuˈel/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /em.ma.nuˈil/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /em.ma.nuˈil/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ma.nuˈil/

Proper noun

Ἐμμᾱνουήλ • (Emmānouḗl) m (indeclinable)

Emmanuel, a term in Isaiah 7:14, also used by Christians to refer to Jesus as a fulfillment of the Isaiah's prophecy.

Descendants

Greek: Εμμανουήλ (Emmanouíl)
Latin: Emmanuel

References

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
Ἐμμανουήλ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
G1694 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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