Main Entry:

Je·sus

Pronunciation:

\ˈjē-zəs, -zəz also -ˌzəs and -ˌzəz\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Late Latin, from Greek Iēsous, from Hebrew Yēshūaʽ

Date:

before 12th century

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 Christ2Christian Science : the highest human corporeal concept of the divine idea rebuking and destroying error and bringing to light man's immortality