# Jesus

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/ · frequency rank #1,106

## Definitions
1. Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the Son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. Also called "the historical Jesus" from a historiographic viewpoint or a secular one.
2. One of a variety of persons or entities in western Manichaeism, of whom some correspond closely to the Christian conception of Jesus of Nazareth.
3. A male given name from Spanish in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.
4. A male given name from Aramaic.
5. Ellipsis of Jesus College, Cambridge.
6. Ellipsis of Jesus College, Oxford.

## Etymology
From Middle English Jhesus, Iesus, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ), a contracted form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”), meaning "the Lord saves". The form יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ) is attested in some of the later books of the Hebrew Bible (Ezra–Nehemiah), and translated as Jeshua or Yeshua in some English editions (the former appearing in the King James Version). The Greek texts make no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). In the Wycliffe Bible (Middle English), the forms used are Jhesus and Jhesu.

## Easily confused with
- **jus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jesus-vs-jus)
- **Jews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jesus-vs-jews)
- **jets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jesus-vs-jets)
- **joss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jesus-vs-joss)
- **Jess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jess-vs-jesus)
- **jest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jest-vs-jesus)
- **jeju** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeju-vs-jesus)
- **jeans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeans-vs-jesus)
- **Jesse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jesse-vs-jesus)
- **Janus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/janus-vs-jesus)
- **jeeps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeeps-vs-jesus)
- **Jesuit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jesuit-vs-jesus)
- **Jessup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jessup-vs-jesus)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ejsus`, `jessu`, `jessus`, `jesuss`, `jeuss`, `jjesus`, `jseus`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jesus