Messias

From Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās), from Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”).

• IPA^(key): /məˈsaɪ.əs/

Messias

1. (obsolete) The Messiah.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 4:25:

     I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ.

   • 1633, Joseph Hall, A paraphrase upon the hard texts of Scripture:

     I am not one that is suddenly and unexpectedly started forth into the world, but that very Messias who from the beginning of the world was foretold and forepromised to mankind.

• Essaism, Massies, amisses

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías).

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛˈsi.ɑs/

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• Hyphenation: Mes‧si‧as

Messias m

1. (Christianity) Messiah, Jesus Christ

• Messiasgeheim

• messias

Borrowed from Latin Messīās from Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās) from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mashíakh).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmesːiɑs/, [ˈme̞s̠ːiɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -esːiɑs
• Syllabification^(key): Mes‧si‧as

Messias

1. Messiah

   Synonyms: Vapahtaja, (Christianity) Kristus, Jeesus Kristus

Borrowed from Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), from Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”).

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈsiːas/

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Messias m (strong, genitive Messias, plural Messiasse)

1. (Christianity) The Messiah / messiah (Jesus Christ, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Christ).
2. Any other person believed or claiming to be the Messiah / messiah.
3. (figurative) A messiah or messiah-like figure.

• “Messias” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Messias” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Messias” in Duden online

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās), from the Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Mashíakh, “anointed”, “messiah”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mesˈsiː.aːs/, [mɛs̠ˈs̠iːäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mesˈsi.as/, [mesˈsiːäs]

Messīās m sg (genitive Messīae); first declension

1. the Messiah, Christ

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

• → Dutch: Messias
• → English: Messias
• → Finnish: Messias
• → German: Messias
• → Middle English: Messyas, Messie, Messy, Messye, Messias
  • English: Messiah, messiah, Messias
  • Scots: Messiah
• → Portuguese: Messias

• “Messīas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Messias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Messias

1. Alternative form of Messyas

Learned borrowing from Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), from Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”).

• Homophone: messias
• Hyphenation: Mes‧si‧as

Messias m

1. (religion) Messiah (the promised saviour of the Jewish people)

Messias c (genitive Messias)

1. Messiah

• Messias in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Messias in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)