Μεσσίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mes.sǐː.aːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mesˈsi.as/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mesˈsi.as/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mesˈsi.as/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈsi.as/

Proper noun

Μεσσῑ́ᾱς • (Messī́ās) m (genitive Μεσσῑ́ου); first declension

(biblical) Messiah or Christ; the Anointed one

Declension

First declension of ὁ Μεσσῑ́ᾱς; τοῦ Μεσσῑ́ου (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μεσσῑ́ᾱς ho Messī́ās
Genitive	τοῦ Μεσσῑ́ου toû Messī́ou
Dative	τῷ Μεσσῑ́ᾳ tôi Messī́āi
Accusative	τὸν Μεσσῑ́ᾱν tòn Messī́ān
Vocative	Μεσσῑ́ᾱ Messī́ā

Synonyms

Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)

Descendants

Greek: Μεσσίας (Messías)
→ Coptic: ⲙⲉⲥⲓⲁⲥ (mesias)
→ Latin: Messīās (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

G3323 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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