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Jesus'

/ˈd͡ʒiːzəs//ˈd͡ʒizəs/

Jesus' is the possessive of Jesus.

Meaning of Jesus

Proper noun

Jesus (plural (of male given name) Jesuses or (nonstandard, proscribed) Jesi)

  1. Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the Son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. Also called "the historical Jesus" from a historiographic viewpoint or a secular one.
    • For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, is Head of the Church; and can the Body doe any thing well, if the Head direct it not?1621 June 19, William Laud, “Sermon preached before His Majesty”, in Seven Sermons Preached Upon Severall Occasions […], page 10
    Synonyms:
    at Jesus Christ
  2. (historical) One of a variety of persons or entities in western Manichaeism, of whom some correspond closely to the Christian conception of Jesus of Nazareth.
  3. A male given name from Spanish in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.
    • Frensham opened the door and called a name that sounded like 'Haysus'. Brandy was brought and various other bottles and decanters. When the manservant had gone, Frensham said, 'Odd, aren't they, the Spanish? Calling a boy Jesus.'1971, Ruth Rendell, No More Dying Then, Random House, published 2009, →ISBN, page 195
  4. A male given name from Aramaic.
    • Jesus son of Sirach wrote the "Wisdom of Sirach"

See all 8 meanings of Jesus

Questions about Jesus'

What is Jesus' the possessive of?
Jesus' is the possessive of Jesus.
How do you pronounce Jesus'?
Jesus' is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/ (UK).

Words near Jesus' in the dictionary

  1. Jesus shrew
  2. Jesus the Christ
  3. Jesus wept
  4. Jesus year
  5. Jesus years
  6. Jesus'
  7. Jesus, Mary and Joseph
  8. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
  9. Jesus, take the wheel
  10. Jesusanity
  11. Jesused

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Jesus' (page history and authors); Jesus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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