Ἰησοῦς

IēsousJesusHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentName of a man916 occurrences26 books877 verses
This name belongs to 5 different people in the Bible:
  • Barabbas: A notorious prisoner released instead of Jesus
  • Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world
  • Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan
  • Joshua: An ancestor of Jesus Christ
  • Justus: Jesus Justus, a Jewish believer who supported Paul

Definition

Ἰησοῦς, -οῦ, dative, voc. -οῦ, accusative, -οῦν (Heb. יֵשׁוּעַ ,יְהֹשֻׁעַ ,יְהוֹשׁוּעַ),

1. JESUS: Matthew 1:21, al.; ὁ Ἰ, Matthew 3:13, al.; Ἰ. Χριστός, Matthew 1:1, Mark 1:1, al.; Χρ. Ἰ., Romans 2:26, al.; κύριος Ἰ., Acts 28:31, al.; Ἰησοῦ, voc., Mark 1:24, al.

2. Joshua: Acts 7:45, Hebrews 4:8.

3. Jesus, son of Eliezer: Luke 3:28.

4. Jesus, surnamed Justus: Colossians 4:11.

5. see: βαραββᾶς.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as Ἰησοῦς:

Glossary entries

Joshua (Person) Christ Messiah Barabbas Lord Immanuel

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

916 total
  1. Acts 10:48Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
  2. Acts 11:17Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
  3. Acts 11:20Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
  4. Acts 13:23Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
  5. Acts 13:33Ἰησοῦν
    He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
  6. Acts 15:11Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
  7. Acts 15:26Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    …men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  8. Acts 16:7Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
  9. Acts 16:18Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
  10. Acts 16:31Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
  11. Acts 17:3Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    …explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
  12. Acts 17:7Ἰησοῦν · [ named ] Jesus
    …and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
  13. Acts 17:18Ἰησοῦν · of Jesus
    Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
  14. Acts 18:5Ἰησοῦν · [that] Jesus
    And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
  15. Acts 18:25Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
  16. Acts 18:28Ἰησοῦν · [that] Jesus
    For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
  17. Acts 19:4Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
  18. Acts 19:5Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
  19. Acts 19:13Ἰησοῦ · Jesus; Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
  20. Acts 19:15Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
  21. Acts 19:17Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
  22. Acts 20:21Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    …testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  23. Acts 20:24Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
  24. Acts 20:35Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  25. Acts 21:13Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
  26. Acts 22:8Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
  27. Acts 24:24Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
  28. Acts 25:19Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
  29. Acts 26:9Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
  30. Acts 26:15Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
  31. Acts 28:23Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
  32. Acts 28:31Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
  33. Romans 1:1Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
  34. Romans 1:4Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    …and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
  35. Romans 1:6Ἰησοῦ · [to belong to] Jesus
    And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
  36. Romans 1:7Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  37. Romans 1:8Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
  38. Romans 2:16Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    …on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
  39. Romans 3:22Ἰησοῦ · in Jesus
    And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
  40. Romans 3:24Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    …and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
  41. Romans 3:26Ἰησοῦ · in Jesus
    He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
  42. Romans 4:24Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    …but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
  43. Romans 5:1Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  44. Romans 5:11Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
  45. Romans 5:15Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
  46. Romans 5:17Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
  47. Romans 5:21Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    …so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  48. Romans 6:3Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
  49. Romans 6:11Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.