Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - messiah
Связанные словари
Messiah
messiah
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
n. 1 a liberator or would-be liberator of an oppressed people or country. 2 a the promised deliverer of the Jews. b Christ regarded as this. Derivatives Messiahship n. Etymology: ME f. OF Messie ult. f. Heb. masiah anointed ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
Англо-русский словарь
4.
(messiahs) 1. For Jews, the Messiah is the King of the Jews, who will be sent to them by God. N-PROPER 2. For Christians, the Messiah is Jesus Christ. N-PROPER 3. If you refer to someone as a messiah, you mean that they are expected to do wonderful things, especially to rescue people from a very difficult or dangerous situation, or that they are thought to have done these things. People saw Mandela as their messiah... N-COUNT: usu with supp ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ n 1 the Messiah a) Jesus Christ, who is believed by Christians to be sent by God to save the world b) a great religious leader who, according to Jewish belief, will be sent by God to save the world 2 someone who people believe will save them from great social or economic problems (He was seen as an economic messiah.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- M.E., from L.L. Messias, from Gk. Messias, from Aramaic meshiha and Heb. mashiah "annointed" (of the Lord), from mashah "annoint." The Eng. form represents an attempt to make the word look more Heb., and dates from the Geneva Bible (1560). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 1644 | |
2 | 1488 | |
3 | 1246 | |
4 | 1245 | |
5 | 1135 | |
6 | 1093 | |
7 | 1029 | |
8 | 1015 | |
9 | 1014 | |
10 | 980 | |
11 | 978 | |
12 | 949 | |
13 | 937 | |
14 | 920 | |
15 | 855 | |
16 | 818 | |
17 | 813 | |
18 | 795 | |
19 | 784 | |
20 | 752 |