Μεσσίας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mes.sǐː.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mesˈsi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mesˈsi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mesˈsi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈsi.as/
Proper noun
Μεσσῑ́ᾱς • (Messī́ās) m (genitive Μεσσῑ́ου); first declension
- (biblical) Messiah or Christ; the Anointed one
Declension
First declension of ὁ Μεσσῑ́ᾱς; τοῦ Μεσσῑ́ου (Koine)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μεσσῑ́ᾱς ho Messī́ās | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μεσσῑ́ου toû Messī́ou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μεσσῑ́ᾳ tôi Messī́āi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μεσσῑ́ᾱν tòn Messī́ān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μεσσῑ́ᾱ Messī́ā | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)
Descendants
- Greek: Μεσσίας (Messías)
- → Coptic: ⲙⲉⲥⲓⲁⲥ (mesias)
- → Latin: Messīās (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- G3323 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible