messiah
/məˈsaɪ.ə/
messiah noun: the one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.
Noun
messiah (plural messiahs)
- The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.
- A similar religious figure or awaited divine ruler, such as the Islamic Mahdi.
- The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe- a desolate, dry planet with vast deserts. Hidden away within the rocks of these deserts are a people known as the Fremen, who have long held a prophecy, that a man would come, a messiah, who would lead them to true freedom. The planet is...1984, 1:50 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan, →OCLC
- An extremely powerful or revered figure.
- At its best, psychoanalysis is the classic therapeutic technique for exploring unconscious processes. At its less-than-best, it is a jargon-opacified oedipus-complicated, libido-theoretical, pseudo-scientific cult whose messiah is Sigmund Freud.1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8
- Girlie, as far as you're concerned, I'm the messiah of the DMV. Now, get out of the car.1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by DMV tester (Ron Orbach)
Proper noun capitalized: Messiah
the Messiah
- The promised and expected savior or liberator of the Jewish people.
- Synonyms:
- Christ
- A saviour or liberator of a group of people.
- Jesus Christ.
messiah meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
messiah in Hindi
- ordained to lead the people of Israel
- मसीह masīh, मसीहा masīhā
- an extremely powerful divine figure
- मसीह masīh, मसीहा masīhā
messiah in Tamil
- மேசியா, உலகை மீட்பவர், உலகை இரட்சிப்பவர், தேவதூதன்
messiah in Urdu
- ordained to lead the people of Israel
- مَسِیح masīh, مَسِیحا masīhā
- an extremely powerful divine figure
- مَسِیح masīh, مَسِیحا masīhā
messiah in Bengali
- ordained to lead the people of Israel
- মসিহ mośiho
More languagesFewer languages
- messiah in Kannada
- ಉದ್ಧಾರಕ, ವಿಮೋಚಕ, ಮಹಾಪುರುಷ, ಮಹಾತ್ಮ
- messiah in Punjabi
- ਮਸੀਹ masīh
- messiah in Gujarati
- મસીહ masīh
- messiah in Pashto
- مسيح masih, مسيحا masihā
- messiah in Tagalog
- mesiyas
- messiah in Arabic
- مَسِيح masīḥ
- messiah in Thai
- เมสสิยาห์ mét-sì-yaa
- messiah in Vietnamese
- mê-si-a
- messiah in Myanmar
- မေရှိယ mehri.ya.
Synonyms of messiah
Forms of messiah
| plural | messiahs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Messiah |
Origin of messiah
From Middle English Messyas, Messy, Messie, from Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), from Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”). Doublet of Masih and Moshiach.
Derived from Middle English Messyas.
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Questions about messiah
- What does messiah mean?
- Messiah means the one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.
- What is messiah in Hindi?
- Messiah in Hindi is मसीह (masīh), मसीहा (masīhā). See Messiah meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is messiah?
- Messiah can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce messiah?
- Messiah is pronounced /məˈsaɪ.ə/.
- What is the plural of messiah?
- The plural of messiah is messiahs.
Words near messiah in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: messiah (page history and authors); Messiah (page history and authors); messiah (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); messiah (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮਸੀਹ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); મસીહ (Gujarati) (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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