"messiah" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /məˈsaɪ.ə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-messiah.wav [Southern-England] Forms: messiahs [plural]
enPR: mə-sī'ə Rhymes: -aɪə Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|Messyas}} Middle English Messyas, {{m|enm|Messy}} Messy, {{m|enm|Messie}} Messie, {{der|en|la|Messīās}} Latin Messīās, {{der|en|grc|Μεσσίας}} Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), {{der|en|arc|ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ|tr=məšīḥā}} Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā), {{der|en|hbo|מָשִׁיחַ||anointed|tr=māšîaḥ}} Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”), {{doublet|en|Masih|Moshiach}} Doublet of Masih and Moshiach Head templates: {{en-noun}} messiah (plural messiahs)
  1. (Abrahamic tradition) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ. Translations (ordained to lead the people of Israel): مَسِيح (masīḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), ܡܫܝܚܐ (məšīḥā) [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), օծյալ (ōcyal) (Armenian), մեսիա (mesia) (Armenian), месі́я (mjesíja) [masculine] (Belarusian), মসিহ (mośiho) (Bengali), меси́я (mesíja) [masculine] (Bulgarian), messies [masculine] (Catalan), 彌賽亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 弥赛亚 (mísàiyà, mísàiyǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), mesiáš [masculine] (Czech), messias [common-gender] (Danish), Messias [masculine] (Dutch), mesio (Esperanto), messias [masculine] (Faroese), messias (Finnish), messie [masculine] (French), მესია (mesia) (Georgian), Messias [masculine] (German), מָשִׁיחַ (mashíakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), मसीह (masīh) [masculine] (Hindi), मसीहा (masīhā) [masculine] (Hindi), mesio (Ido), Meisias [masculine] (Irish), messia [masculine] (Italian), មេស្ស៊ី (meihsii) (Khmer), مسيح (masih) [masculine] (Pashto), مسيحا (masihā) [masculine] (Pashto), مَسیح (masih) (Persian), مَسیحا (masihâ) (Persian), mesjasz [masculine] (Polish), messias [masculine] (Portuguese), месси́я (messíja) [masculine] (Russian), mesias [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), mesías [masculine] (Spanish), Messias [common-gender] (Swedish), масеҳ (maseh) (Tajik), месі́я (mesíja) [masculine] (Ukrainian), مَسِیح (masīh) [masculine] (Urdu), مَسِیحا (masīhā) [masculine] (Urdu), משיח (moshiyekh) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-messiah-en-noun-nbWs-G~2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 24 26 Disambiguation of 'ordained to lead the people of Israel': 98 1 1
  2. (religion, loosely) A similar religious figure or awaited divine ruler, such as the Islamic Mahdi. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-messiah-en-noun-S6nhPRgs Topics: lifestyle, religion
  3. (figuratively) An extremely powerful or revered figure. Tags: figuratively Translations (an extremely powerful divine figure): messias [masculine] (Dutch), messias (Finnish), मसीह (masīh) [masculine] (Hindi), मसीहा (masīhā) [masculine] (Hindi), mesjasz [masculine] (Polish), مَسِیح (masīh) [masculine] (Urdu), مَسِیحا (masīhā) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-messiah-en-noun-wY1AIWGP Disambiguation of 'an extremely powerful divine figure': 16 9 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Messiah Derived forms: messiah complex, messiahship
Related terms: de-messianisation, de-messianise, de-messianization, de-messianize, messianic, messianical, messianically, messianisation, messianise, messianism, messianist, messianistic, messianistical, messianistically, messianity, messianization, messianize, Christ

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          "ref": "1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by DMV tester (Ron Orbach)",
          "text": "Girlie, as far as you're concerned, I'm the messiah of the DMV. Now, get out of the car.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
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      "word": "ܡܫܝܚܐ"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ōcyal",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "օծյալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mesia",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "մեսիա"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mjesíja",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "месі́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mośiho",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "মসিহ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mesíja",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меси́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "messies"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "彌賽亞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mísàiyà, mísàiyǎ",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "弥赛亚"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mesiáš"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "messias"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Messias"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "mesio"
    },
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "messias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "messias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "messie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mesia",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "მესია"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Messias"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "מָשִׁיחַ"
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      "roman": "masīhā",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "मसीहा"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "mesio"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Meisias"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "messia"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "meihsii",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "មេស្ស៊ី"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "masih",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مسيح"
    },
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      "code": "ps",
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      "roman": "masihā",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مسيحا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "masih",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "مَسیح"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "masihâ",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "مَسیحا"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mesjasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "messias"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "messíja",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "месси́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mesias"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mesías"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Messias"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "maseh",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "word": "масеҳ"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mesíja",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "месі́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "masīh",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَسِیح"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "masīhā",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَسِیحا"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "moshiyekh",
      "sense": "ordained to lead the people of Israel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "משיח"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an extremely powerful divine figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "messias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an extremely powerful divine figure",
      "word": "messias"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "masīh",
      "sense": "an extremely powerful divine figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मसीह"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "an extremely powerful divine figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मसीहा"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an extremely powerful divine figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mesjasz"
    },
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      "code": "ur",
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      "sense": "an extremely powerful divine figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَسِیح"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
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      "sense": "an extremely powerful divine figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    }
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}
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  "msg": "unrecognized prefix (language name?) in translation item: Jewish Baylonian Aramaic: מְשִׁיחָא m (məšīḥā)",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
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