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. Hebrews 4:14Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
  2. Hebrews 6:20Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    …where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
  3. Hebrews 7:22Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
  4. Hebrews 10:10Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  5. Hebrews 10:19Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
  6. Hebrews 12:2Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  7. Hebrews 12:24Ἰησοῦ · to Jesus
    …to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
  8. Hebrews 13:8Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
  9. Hebrews 13:12Ἰησοῦς · Jesus {also}
    And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
  10. Hebrews 13:20Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
  11. Hebrews 13:21Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    …equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  12. James 1:1Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
  13. James 2:1Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
  14. 1 Peter 1:1Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
  15. 1 Peter 1:2Ἰησοῦ · to Jesus
    …according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
  16. 1 Peter 1:3Ἰησοῦ · Jesus; Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  17. 1 Peter 1:7Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    …so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
  18. 1 Peter 1:13Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
  19. 1 Peter 2:5Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    …you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  20. 1 Peter 3:21Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  21. 1 Peter 4:11Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
  22. 2 Peter 1:1Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus; Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
  23. 2 Peter 1:2Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
  24. 2 Peter 1:8Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  25. 2 Peter 1:11Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    …and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  26. 2 Peter 1:14Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    …because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
  27. 2 Peter 1:16Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
  28. 2 Peter 2:20Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
  29. 2 Peter 3:18Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
  30. 1 John 1:3Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
  31. 1 John 1:7Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus
    But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
  32. 1 John 2:1Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
  33. 1 John 2:22Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
  34. 1 John 3:23Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
  35. 1 John 4:2Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
  36. 1 John 4:3Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    …and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.
  37. 1 John 4:15Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
  38. 1 John 5:1Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
  39. 1 John 5:5Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
  40. 1 John 5:6Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
  41. 1 John 5:20Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  42. 2 John 1:3Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.
  43. 2 John 1:7Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
  44. Jude 1:1Ἰησοῦ · of Jesus; Ἰησοῦ · in Jesus
    Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
  45. Jude 1:4Ἰησοῦν · Jesus
    For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
  46. Jude 1:5Ἰησοῦς · Jesus
    Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
  47. Jude 1:17Ἰησοῦ · Jesus
    But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ