MESSIAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Messiah mean? 

• MESSIAH (noun)
  The noun MESSIAH has 4 senses:

1. any expected deliverer

2. Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer

3. the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people

4. an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742

  Familiarity information: MESSIAH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESSIAH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any expected deliverer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

christ; messiah

Hypernyms ("messiah" is a kind of...):

deliverer; rescuer; savior; saviour (a person who rescues you from harm or danger)

Derivation:

messiahship (the position of messiah)

messianic (of or relating to a messiah promising deliverance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Logos; Son; Word (the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus))

Derivation:

messiahship (the position of messiah)

messianic (of or relating to a messiah promising deliverance)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

Derivation:

messiahship (the position of messiah)

messianic (of or relating to a messiah promising deliverance)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An oratorio composed by Handel in 1742

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

cantata; oratorio (a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text)