jesus

Other forms of jesus

plural

jesuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jesus

What does jesus mean?

jesus means "a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)".

How many syllables are in jesus?

jesus has 2 syllables: je-sus. The stress falls on "je". In IPA it is /ˈdʒizəs/.

What is another word for jesus?

Close synonyms include Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jesus a common word?

jesus is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.