messiah
| 16:18 Jun 10, 2001 |
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| na | χριστοσ (ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ) |
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| na | [COMMENT ON MY ANSWER] |
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| na | Μεσσίας |
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| na | Μεσσίας = Σωτήρ |
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χριστοσ (ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ) Explanation: See: http://www.messianic.com/articles/messiah.htm WHO IS THE MESSIAH? Messiah is the English transliteration of Mashiach, the Hebrew word meaning "Anointed One." The Greek form of this meaning is Xristos, from where we get the English word Christ. Greek form of messiah = christos = χριστοσ (ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ) See also: http://www.bartleby.com/61/15/C0331500.html The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. Christ PRONUNCIATION: /61/wavs/15/C0331500.wav/61/wavs/15/C0331500.wavkrst NOUN: 1. The Messiah, as foretold by the prophets of the Hebrew Scriptures. Often used with the. 2. Christianity Jesus. ETYMOLOGY: Middle English Crist, from Old English Crst, from Latin Chrstus, from Greek Khrstos, from khrstos, anointed, verbal adj. of khrein, to anoint. See ghri- in Appendix I. see above |
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[COMMENT ON MY ANSWER] Explanation: You will need to switch to Greek (Windows) encoding to view the Greek letters correctly! [click on view, then encoding, then select Greek (Windows). . |
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Μεσσίας Explanation: Μεσσίας is the correct equivalent for Messiah, whereas Ιησούς is for Jesus and Χριστός is for Christ. HTH Alex Seidanis PS: Μεσσίας is pronounced "messee-as" Reference: http://www.in.gr/dictionary/lookup.asp?Word=messiah |
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Μεσσίας = Σωτήρ Explanation: Μεσσίας = Σωτήρ (in greek) Messias = Sotir= who came to save us |
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