Greek word · Strong's G2424

Ἰησοῦς

Iēsoûs · proper noun · “Jesus”

In a sentence

Iēsous is the Greek for Joshua / Yeshua — “Yahweh saves.” It is the human name God gave his Son, announcing in a single word what he came to do.

Iēsous is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew Yeshua, a shortened form of Yehoshua — Joshua, “Yahweh saves.” It was a common Jewish name; God chose it for his Son and explained the choice through the angel: “you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

The name therefore carries the gospel inside it. To call on the name of Jesus is to call on the saving God who came in person to rescue us. Other names belong to teachers; this name belongs to the only one who saves.

Strong's reference

Definition: Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

KJV usage: Jesus

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Matthew 1:21 “She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”” Acts 4:12 “Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”” Philippians 2:10 “that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,”

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