messiah

See also: Messiah

English

Etymology

From Middle English Messyas, Messy, Messie, from Latin Messias, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), from Aramaic משיחא‎ (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ‎ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”).

Pronunciation

enPR: mə-sī'ə, IPA^(key): /məˈsaɪ.ə/

Noun

messiah (plural messiahs)

(Abrahamic tradition) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians (and Muslims) to be Jesus Christ.
(religion, loosely) A similar religious figure or awaited divine ruler, such as the Islamic Mahdi.
(figuratively) An extremely powerful figure.

Related terms

Translations

ordained to lead the people of Israel

Arabic: مَسِيح‎ m (masīḥ)
Aramaic:
Hebrew: משיחא‎ m (mšīħā’)

Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܐ‎ m (mšīħā’)
Armenian: օծյալ (ōcyal), մեսիա (hy) (mesia)
Catalan: messies m
Czech: mesiáš (cs) m
Danish: messias
Dutch: Messias (nl) m
Esperanto: mesio
Faroese: messias m
Finnish: messias (fi)
French: messie (fr) m
Georgian: მესია (mesia)

German: Messias (de) m
Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ‎ (he) m (mashíakh)
Ido: mesio (io)
Irish: Meisias m
Italian: messia (it) m
Persian: مسیح‎ (fa) (masih)
Polish: mesjasz (pl) m
Portuguese: messias (pt) m
Russian: месси́я (ru) m (messíja)
Scottish Gaelic: mesias m
Spanish: mesías m
Swedish: Messias c
Yiddish: משיח‎ m (moshiyekh)

an extremely powerful divine figure

Dutch: messias (nl) m
Finnish: messias (fi)

Polish: mesjasz (pl) m

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Translations to be checked

Slovene: odrešenik m, Odrešenik m (of Christ), mesija m (liter.)

Anagrams

mashies, sameish, smashie

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