Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Vocative
- The case of direct address (“O Lord”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
123 distinct verses where G2424 appears in the Accusative case, across 19 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 14 verses
- Matthew 1:21 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."
- Matthew 1:25 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
- Matthew 14:29 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc He said, "Come!" Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.
- Matthew 17:8 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
- Matthew 26:4 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
- Matthew 26:50 Ἰησοῦς Ἰησοῦν n nom sg masc n acc sg masc Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
- Matthew 26:57 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
- Matthew 27:17 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"
- Matthew 27:20 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
- Matthew 27:22 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"
- Matthew 27:26 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
- Matthew 27:27 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
- Matthew 27:54 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."
- Matthew 28:5 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc The angel answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.
Mark 11 verses
- Mark 5:6 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,
- Mark 5:15 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.
- Mark 6:30 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.
- Mark 9:8 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.
- Mark 10:50 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
- Mark 11:7 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc They brought the young donkey to Jesus, and threw their garments on it, and Jesus sat on it.
- Mark 14:53 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him.
- Mark 14:60 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?"
- Mark 15:1 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
- Mark 15:15 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
- Mark 16:6 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc He said to them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!
Luke 14 verses
- Luke 1:31 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.'
- Luke 2:27 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,
- Luke 5:12 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
- Luke 7:4 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him,
- Luke 8:28 Ἰησοῦν Ἰησοῦ n acc sg masc n voc sg masc When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"
- Luke 8:35 Ἰησοῦν Ἰησοῦ n acc sg masc n gen sg masc People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
- Luke 8:40 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
- Luke 9:33 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.
- Luke 10:29 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
- Luke 19:3 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short.
- Luke 19:35 Ἰησοῦν Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc n acc sg masc They brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and set Jesus on them.
- Luke 23:8 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.
- Luke 23:20 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,
- Luke 23:25 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.
John 26 verses
- John 1:29 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- John 1:43 Ἰησοῦν Ἰησοῦς n acc sg masc n nom sg masc On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."
- John 1:46 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
- John 5:16 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
- John 6:19 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.
- John 6:24 Ἰησοῦς Ἰησοῦν n nom sg masc n acc sg masc When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn't there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
- John 11:21 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
- John 11:56 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, "What do you think--that he isn't coming to the feast at all?"
- John 12:9 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
- John 12:11 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
- John 12:21 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."
- John 17:3 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
- John 18:5 Ἰησοῦν Ἰησοῦς n acc sg masc n nom sg masc They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I AM." Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
- John 18:7 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
- John 18:12 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,
- John 18:19 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.
- John 18:28 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
- John 18:33 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
- John 19:1 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
- John 19:13 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."
- John 19:16 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.
- John 19:18 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle.
- John 19:23 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
- John 19:33 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his legs.
- John 19:42 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Then because of the Jews' Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.
- John 20:14 Ἰησοῦν Ἰησοῦς n acc sg masc n nom sg masc When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn't know that it was Jesus.
Acts 27 verses
- Acts 1:16 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc "Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
- Acts 2:22 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc "Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as you yourselves know,
- Acts 2:32 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.
- Acts 2:36 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc "Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
- Acts 3:13 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
- Acts 3:20 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,
- Acts 4:27 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
- Acts 5:30 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- Acts 5:42 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.
- Acts 7:55 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
- Acts 8:35 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Jesus.
- Acts 9:20 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.
- Acts 10:38 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
- Acts 11:17 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
- Acts 11:20 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 13:23 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc From this man's seed, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,
- Acts 13:32 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,
- Acts 16:31 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."
- Acts 17:7 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!"
- Acts 17:18 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
- Acts 18:5 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
- Acts 18:28 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
- Acts 19:4 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Paul said, "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus."
- Acts 19:13 Ἰησοῦ Ἰησοῦν n gen sg masc n acc sg masc But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."
- Acts 19:15 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"
- Acts 20:21 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
- Acts 24:24 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.
Romans 6 verses
- Romans 4:24 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,
- Romans 6:3 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Or don't you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
- Romans 8:11 Ἰησοῦν Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc n acc sg masc But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
- Romans 10:9 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc that if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Romans 13:14 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
- Romans 15:5 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,
1 Corinthians 2 verses
2 Corinthians 4 verses
- 2 Corinthians 4:5 Ἰησοῦν Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc n acc sg masc For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;
- 2 Corinthians 4:11 Ἰησοῦν Ἰησοῦ n acc sg masc n gen sg masc For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
- 2 Corinthians 4:14 Ἰησοῦν Ἰησοῦ n acc sg masc n dat sg masc knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
- 2 Corinthians 11:4 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different gospel, which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.
Galatians 2 verses
- Galatians 2:16 Ἰησοῦ Ἰησοῦν n gen sg masc n acc sg masc yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through the faith of Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
- Galatians 4:14 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn't despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 1 verse
Philippians 1 verse
Colossians 1 verse
1 Thessalonians 2 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead-- Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn't please God, and are contrary to all men;
2 Timothy 1 verse
Philemon 1 verse
Hebrews 5 verses
- Hebrews 2:9 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
- Hebrews 3:1 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;
- Hebrews 4:14 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
- Hebrews 12:2 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Hebrews 13:20 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
1 John 3 verses
- 1 John 2:1 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
- 1 John 4:2 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
- 1 John 4:3 Ἰησοῦν n acc sg masc and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
2 John 1 verse
Jude 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Greek name Ιησους centers on the idea of “Jesus.” Its earliest occurrence is Matthew 1:1. It appears 865 verses across 26 books of the Greek New Testament, among its most common vocabulary. The word gravitates to John (26%), then Matthew and Luke. Dig into 865-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2424 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 865
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 865 distinct verses.
- 26 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 26 of 27 New Testament books.
- #21
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Greek words (rank 21 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 865 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 865 distinct verses.
- Gospels 536 verses · 62%
- Johannine 254 verses · 29%
- Pauline corpus 198 verses · 23%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 153 verses · 18%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 37 verses · 4%
- Hebrews 14 verses · 2%
- Revelation 12 verses · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Jesus 960×, Jesus' 10×, Thou jesus 3×
- American Standard Version: Jesus 867×, He 40×, Him 3×
- Berean Standard Bible: Jesus 866×, Jesus’ 9×, Joshua 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Jesus 910×, Joshua 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2424 across 975 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2424 across 937 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2424 across 886 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 30 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2424 across 918 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 6 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"
- Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate
- Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ
- Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor ( Ac. 7:45 , Heb. 4:8 )
- Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ ( Luk. 3:29 )
- Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel ( Col. 4:11 )
Word origin
Derived from יהושוע (Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ) (H3091) — Joshua.
Of hebrew origin [ H3091 ]; Jesus (that is Jehoshua ) the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites : - Jesus.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 3 distinct written forms G2424 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 1:16 | 453 |
| Ἰησοῦ Iēsoû | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 1:1 | 326 |
| Ἰησοῦν Iēsoûn | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 1:21 | 126 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2424, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Jesus). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
(1.) Joshua, the son of Nun (Acts 7:45; Heb. 4:8; R.V., "Joshua").
(2.) A Jewish Christian surnamed Justus (Col. 4:11).
Je'sus, the proper, as Christ is the official, name of our Lord. To distinguish him from others so called, he is spoken of as "Jesus of Nazareth" (John 18:7), and "Jesus the son of Joseph" (John 6:42).
This is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua, which was originally Hoshea (Num. 13:8, 16), but changed by Moses into Jehoshua (Num. 13:16; 1 Chr. 7:27), or Joshua. After the Exile it assumed the form Jeshua, whence the Greek form Jesus. It was given to our Lord to denote the object of his mission, to save (Matt. 1:21).
The life of Jesus on earth may be divided into two great periods, (1) that of his private life, till he was about thirty years of age; and (2) that of his public life, which lasted about three years.
In the "fulness of time" he was born at Bethlehem, in the reign of the emperor Augustus, of Mary, who was betrothed to Joseph, a carpenter (Matt. 1:1; Luke 3:23; comp. John 7:42). His birth was announced to the shepherds (Luke 2:8-20). Wise men from the east came to Bethlehem to see him who was born "King of the Jews," bringing gifts with them (Matt. 2:1-12). Herod's cruel jealousy led to Joseph's flight into Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus, where they tarried till the death of this king (Matt. 2:13-23), when they returned and settled in Nazareth, in Lower Galilee (2:23; comp. Luke 4:16; John 1:46, etc.). At the age of twelve years he went up to Jerusalem to the Passover with his parents. There, in the temple, "in the midst of the doctors," all that heard him were "astonished at his understanding and answers" (Luke 2:41, etc.).
Eighteen years pass, of which we have no record beyond this, that he returned to Nazareth and "increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man" (Luke 2:52).
He entered on his public ministry when he was about thirty years of age. It is generally reckoned to have extended to about three years. "Each of these years had peculiar features of its own. (1.) The first year may be called the year of obscurity, both because the records of it which we possess are very scanty, and because he seems during it to have been only slowly emerging into public notice. It was spent for the most part in Judea. (2.) The second year was the year of public favour, during which the country had become thoroughly aware of him; his activity was incessant, and his frame rang through the length and breadth of the land. It was almost wholly passed in Galilee. (3.) The third was the year of opposition, when the public favour ebbed away. His enemies multiplied and assailed him with more and more pertinacity, and at last he fell a victim to their hatred. The first six months of this final year were passed in Galilee, and the last six in other parts of the land.", Stalker's Life of Jesus Christ, p. 45.
The only reliable sources of information regarding the life of Christ on earth are the Gospels, which present in historical detail the words and the work of Christ in so many different aspects. (See CHIRST.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
called Jestus, a Christian who was with St. Paul at Rome. (Colossians 4:11) (A.D. 57.)
(saviour).
+ The Greek form of the name Joshua or Jeshua, a contraction of Jehoshua, that is, "help of Jehovah" or "saviour." (Numbers 13:16) + Joshua the son of Nun. (Numbers 27:18; Hebrews 4:8) [Jehoshua]
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
savior; deliverer
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Septuagint usage
The same Greek word Ιησους appears 246 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 218 verses in 11 books.
- 246
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 218
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 11 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 11 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Exodus 17:9 ἰησοῦς
- Numbers 11:28 ἰησοῦς
- Deuteronomy 1:38 ἰησοῦς
- Joshua 1:1 ἰησοῦς
- Judges 1:1 ἰησοῦς
- 2 Kings 23:8 ιησους
- 1 Chronicles 24:11 ἰησοῦς
- 2 Chronicles 31:15 ἰησοῦς
- Ezra 2:2 ἰησοῦς
- Haggai 1:1 ἰησοῦς
- Zechariah 3:1 ἰησοῦς
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2424) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 218. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 17:9 ἰησοῦς Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."
- Exodus 17:10 ἰησοῦς So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
- Exodus 17:13 ἰησοῦς Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
- Exodus 17:14 ἰησοῦς Yahweh said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky."
- Exodus 24:13 ἰησοῦς Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God's Mountain.
- Exodus 24:15 ἰησοῦς Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
- Exodus 32:17 ἰησοῦς When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."
- Exodus 33:11 ἰησοῦς Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn't depart out of the Tent.
- Numbers 11:28 ἰησοῦς Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, My lord Moses, forbid them.
- Numbers 13:16 ἰησοῦς These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
- Numbers 14:6 ἰησοῦς Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:
- Numbers 14:30 ἰησοῦς surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Numbers 14:38 ἰησοῦς But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
- Numbers 26:65 ἰησοῦς For Yahweh had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Numbers 27:18 ἰησοῦς Yahweh said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;
- Numbers 27:22 ἰησοῦς Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
- Numbers 32:12 ἰησοῦς save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Yahweh.
- Numbers 32:28 ἰησοῦς So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 34:17 ἰησοῦς These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Deuteronomy 1:38 ἰησοῦς Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there: encourage you him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
- Deuteronomy 3:21 ἰησοῦς I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings: so shall Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over.
- Deuteronomy 3:28 ἰησοῦς But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.
- Deuteronomy 31:3 ἰησοῦς Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
- Deuteronomy 31:7 ἰησοῦς Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.
- Deuteronomy 31:14 ἰησοῦς Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
- Deuteronomy 31:23 ἰησοῦς He gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you.
- Deuteronomy 32:44 ἰησοῦς Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Deuteronomy 34:9 ἰησοῦς Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands on him: and the children of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Joshua 1:1 ἰησοῦς Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
- Joshua 1:10 ἰησοῦς Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
- Joshua 1:12 ἰησοῦς To the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying,
- Joshua 1:16 ἰησοῦς They answered Joshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
- Joshua 2:1 ἰησοῦς Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
- Joshua 2:23 ἰησοῦς Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them.
- Joshua 2:24 ἰησοῦς They said to Joshua, Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.
- Joshua 3:1 ἰησοῦς Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.
- Joshua 3:5 ἰησοῦς Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.
- Joshua 3:6 ἰησοῦς Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
- Joshua 3:7 ἰησοῦς Yahweh said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
- Joshua 3:9 ἰησοῦς Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.
- Joshua 4:1 ἰησοῦς It happened, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
- Joshua 4:4 ἰησοῦς Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
- Joshua 4:8 ἰησοῦς The children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
- Joshua 4:9 ἰησοῦς Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.
- Joshua 4:10 ἰησοῦς For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over.
- Joshua 4:14 ἰησοῦς On that day Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
- Joshua 4:15 ἰησοῦς Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
- Joshua 4:17 ἰησοῦς Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.
- Joshua 4:20 ἰησοῦς Those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
- Joshua 5:2 ἰησοῦς At that time Yahweh said to Joshua, Make you flint knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2424) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
