Jesus

Je·sus

noun
\ˈjē-zəs, -zəz also -ˌzəs and -ˌzəz\

Definition of JESUS

1

: the Jewish religious teacher whose life, death, and resurrection as reported by the Evangelists are the basis of the Christian message of salvation —called also Jesus Christ

2

Christian Science : the highest human corporeal concept of the divine idea rebuking and destroying error and bringing to light man's immortality

Origin of JESUS

Late Latin, from Greek Iēsous, from Hebrew Yēshūaʽ

First Known Use: before 12th century