Iesous (English spelling)

Japanese: Iēsous(英語表記)Iesous
Iesous (English spelling)

…The Hebrew word Messiah, or more precisely, Mashiach, is called Christ in Greek (or more precisely, Christos), and is generally translated as Savior in Japan. In contrast, Jesus (or more precisely, Iēsous) is the Greek pronunciation of the Hebrew word Yeshua. And this Yeshua is, for example, a contraction of Joshua (or more precisely, Yehoshuah), the protagonist of the Old Testament's Book of Joshua, which means Yahweh (God) is salvation, and is a very common name that was widely adopted among the Jews. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Iēsous" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このヘブライ語の〈メシア〉,正確には〈マーシアハ〉がギリシア語で〈キリスト〉(正確には〈クリストスChristos〉)と呼ばれ,日本では一般的に〈救世主〉と訳されているものである。 これに対して〈イエス〉(正確には〈イェースースIēsous〉)は,ヘブライ語の〈イェーシュア〉のギリシア語読みである。そしてこの〈イェーシュア〉は,例えば旧約聖書《ヨシュア記》の主人公〈ヨシュア〉(正確には〈イェホーシューア〉)の短縮形であり,これは〈ヤハウェ(神)は救い〉を意味して,ユダヤ人の間で広く採用されていたごく普通の人名である。…

※「Iēsous」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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