Bible Names

Jesus: meaning of the name

Jesus means “savior; deliverer.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Jesus in Hebrew and Greek

Ἰησοῦς G2424

Iēsoûs — Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

of Hebrew origin (H03091);

People named Jesus in the Bible

Jesus in Scripture

“Jesus” appears in 936 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Matthew 1:1

    The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

  • Matthew 1:16

    And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

  • Matthew 1:18

    Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

  • Matthew 2:1

    Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

  • Matthew 3:13

    Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

  • Matthew 3:15

    And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

  • Matthew 3:16

    And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

  • Matthew 4:1

    Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.