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Jesus Christ

/ˌd͡ʒiːzəs ˈkɹaɪst/

Jesus Christ proper noun: jesus of Nazareth in His role as the Messiah of Christians.

Proper noun

Jesus Christ

  1. Jesus of Nazareth in His role as the Messiah of Christians.
    • Almighty God, give us the grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life (in which thy son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility;)1681, Church of England, The book of common prayer

Noun

Jesus Christ (plural Jesus Christs)

  1. (broadly, figuratively) A savior; one who provides critical help or salvation to others in need.

Interjection

  1. (potentially offensive) An expletive or oath, usually an expression of surprise, shock, etc.
    • Jesus Christ, that hurt!
    • Oh Jesus Christ. Don't be so dramatic, okay?2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight (motion picture), spoken by Jesse (Ethan Hawke)

Jesus Christ meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Jesus Christ in Hindi

Jesus of Nazareth
ईसा मसीह īsā masīh, यीशु मसीह yīśu masīh, जीज़स क्राइस्ट jīzas krāisṭ

Jesus Christ in Tamil

மகன், தேவகுமாரன்

Jesus Christ in Urdu

Jesus of Nazareth
عِیسیٰ مَسِیح 'īsā masīh, یَسُوع مَسِیح yasū' masīh

Jesus Christ in Bengali

Jesus of Nazareth
যিশু খ্রিস্ট jiśu khrisṭ
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Jesus Christ in Odia
ଯୀଶୁ jiśu
Jesus Christ in Sanskrit
मरीयमिपुत्र marīyamiputra
Jesus Christ in Pashto
عيسى مسيح 'isā masih
Jesus Christ in Tagalog
Hesukristo
Jesus Christ in Arabic
يَسُوع الْمَسِيح yasūʕ al-masīḥ, عِيسَى الْمَسِيح ʕīsā l-masīḥ
Jesus Christ in Malay
Yesus Kristus
Jesus Christ in Indonesian
Yesus Kristus
Jesus Christ in Thai
พระเยซูคริสต์ prá yee-suu-krít, เยซูคริสต์ yee-suu-krít, พระเยซูเจ้า prá yee-suu jâao
Jesus Christ in Vietnamese
Giê-xu Ki-tô, Jêsus Christ, Giê-su Ki-tô, Giêsu Kitô
Jesus Christ in Myanmar
ယေရှုခရစ် yehru.hka.rac, ခရစ်တော် hka.ractau, ယေရှု yehru., ခရစ် hka.rac
Dhivehi
އީސާގެފާނު īsāgefānu

Synonyms of Jesus Christ

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Forms of Jesus Christ

Proper noun
alternative formChrist Jesus
alternative formJesus the Christ
Noun
pluralJesus Christs

Origin of Jesus Christ

From Middle English Jesu Crist, Jesus Crist, from Latin Iēsūs Chrīstus. By surface analysis, Jesus + Christ. N.b. that Christ is a title, and not a surname.

Words formed from Jesus Christ

Questions about Jesus Christ

What does Jesus Christ mean?
Jesus Christ means jesus of Nazareth in His role as the Messiah of Christians.
What is Jesus Christ in Hindi?
Jesus Christ in Hindi is ईसा मसीह (īsā masīh), यीशु मसीह (yīśu masīh), जीज़स क्राइस्ट (jīzas krāisṭ). See Jesus Christ meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Jesus Christ?
Jesus Christ can be a proper noun, a noun or an interjection.
How do you pronounce Jesus Christ?
Jesus Christ is pronounced /ˌd͡ʒiːzəs ˈkɹaɪst/.

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Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Jesus Christ (page history and authors); Jesus Christ (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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