ישו

Hebrew

Proper noun

יֵשׁוּ • (yeshú) m

  1. Jesus (Jesus of Nazareth).

Usage notes
  • Used of Jesus the Nazarene in polemical contexts in the Toledot Yeshu, in distinction from ישוע‎ used of other Joshuas.[1]
  • In modern Hebrew, this is the standard secular spelling for Jesus of Nazareth, but not for other Joshuas.[2]

References
  1. Robert E. Van Voorst, Jesus outside the New Testament, 2000, →ISBN, page 124.
  2. Ben Yehuda Hebrew Dictionary, 1989, →ISBN, page 514. Bantam-Megiddo Hebrew Dictionary, 2009, page 177. Reuben Alcalay, 1963, The Complete Hebrew Dictionary, Masada Publishing Co., Ramat Gan, page 1995.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew ישו‎.

Proper noun

ישו • (yeshu) m

  1. Jesus (Jesus of Nazareth)

Synonyms
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