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messiah en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• mə-sī'ə
• (Southern-England) audio
• /məˈsaɪ.ə/

Etymology

Etymology tree Aramaic ܡ ܫ ܚder. Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)bor. Hebrew מָשַׁח Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)der. Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)bor. Latin Messīāsbor. Middle English Messyasder. English messiah 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.

Meanings

1. The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.
2. (broadly) A similar religious figure or awaited divine ruler, such as the Islamic Mahdi.
   • The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe- a desolate, dry planet with vast deserts. Hidden away within the rocks of these deserts are a people known as the Fremen, who have long held a prophecy, that a man would come, a messiah, who would lead them to true freedom. The planet is Arrakis, also known as Dune. 1984, 1:50 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan, →OCLC:
3. (figuratively) An extremely powerful or revered figure.
   • At its best, psychoanalysis is the classic therapeutic technique for exploring unconscious processes. At its less-than-best, it is a jargon-opacified oedipus-complicated, libido-theoretical, pseudo-scientific cult whose messiah is Sigmund Freud. 1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8:
   • Girlie, as far as you're concerned, I'm the messiah of the DMV. Now, get out of the car. 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by DMV tester (Ron Orbach):

Forms

Deriveds

messiahless · pseudomessiah · messiah complex · messiahlike · messiahship

Relateds

messianistically · messianise · de-messianization · de-messianisation · messianically · messianism · Christ · messianistic · messianisation · messianic · messianical · messianity · messianization · messianize · messianist · de-messianise · de-messianize · messianistical

Translations (75)

hi मसीह (an extremely powerful divine figure) · de Messias (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · tg масеҳ (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · et messias (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · uz messiya (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · my မေရှိယ (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · es mesías (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · nb messias (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · pl mesjasz (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ru месси́я (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · sq mesia (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · uk месі́я (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ga Meisias (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · tl mesiyas (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · sv Messias (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · da messias (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · fo messias (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · syc ܡܫܝܚܐ (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · lv mesija (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · sh ме́сија (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ur مَسِیحا (an extremely powerful divine figure) · uz masih (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · fi messias (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · pt messias (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · hi मसीहा (an extremely powerful divine figure) · nl Messias (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · fr messie (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · pl mesjasz (an extremely powerful divine figure) · cs mesiáš (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · az məsih (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · he מָשִׁיחַ (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · lt mesijas (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ky мессия (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · fi messias (an extremely powerful divine figure) · sq mesi (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · be месі́я (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · arc מְשִׁיחָא (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ur مَسِیحا (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · io mesio (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · yi משיח (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · mk месија (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ur مَسِیح (an extremely powerful divine figure) · ca messies (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ota مسیح (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · sl mesija (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · nl messias (an extremely powerful divine figure) · fa-ira مَسیحا (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · km មេស្ស៊ី (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · it messia (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ps مسيح (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · th เมสสิยาห์ (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ur مَسِیح (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · prs مَسِیحَا (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · kk мәсіх (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · bn মসিহ (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ar مَسِيح (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · prs مَسِیح (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ka მესია (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · eo mesio (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · gd mesias (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · fa-ira مَسیح (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · sh mésija (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · hy մեսիա (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · tr mesih (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · tg масеҳо (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · lo ເມຊີອາ (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · el μεσσίας (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · cmn 彌賽亞 /弥赛亚 (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · hy օծյալ (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · ps مسيحا (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · bg меси́я (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · hi मसीह (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · vi mê-si-a (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · sk mesiáš (ordained to lead the people of Israel) · hi मसीहा (ordained to lead the people of Israel)

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