Meaning

2 senses

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, humorous, often, transitive)To subject to (excessive) Christian proselytizing, preaching, or moralizing.

  2. (informal, transitive)To exclaim Jesus at someone.

Examples

416 sentences

  1. Jesus' mother was there.

    Мати Ісуса була там. — ChickenKiev

    ruМать Иисуса была там. — odexed

    deJesu Mutter war dort. — Vortarulo

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  2. Jesus can't stand you.

    Ісус тебе не перетравлює. — deniko

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  3. Jesus Christ converted to Buddhism.

    Ісус Христос перейшов у буддизм. — deniko

    ruИисус Христос перешёл в буддизм. — sigavax

    deJesus Christus ist zum Buddhismus konvertiert. — BraveSentry

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  4. Jesus was born in Bethlehem.

    Ісус народився у Віфлеємі. — deniko

    ruИисус родился в Вифлееме. — odexed

    deJesus wurde in Bethlehem geboren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Jesus, Tom! I didn't recognise you.

    Господи, Томе! Я тебе не впізнала. — deniko

    ruБоже мой, Том! Я тебя не узнала! — marafon

    deMein Gott, Tom! Ich habe dich nicht erkannt! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Middle English Jhesus, Iesus, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), f

From Middle English Jhesus, Iesus, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ), a contracted form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”), meaning "the Lord saves". The form יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ) is attested in some of the later books of the Hebrew Bible (Ezra–Nehemiah), and translated as Jeshua or Yeshua in some English editions (the former appearing in the King James Version). The Greek texts make no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). In the Wycliffe Bible (Middle English), the forms used are Jhesus and Jhesu.

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Forms

Jesuses, Jesusing, Jesused, Jesused
Base formJesus · to Jesus
3rd person singularJesuses
Present participleJesusing
Past simpleJesused
Past participleJesused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyJesus
he, she, itJesuses

Past simpleLesson

all personsJesused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave Jesused
he, she, ithas Jesused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill Jesus

Word family

2 related words
Relatedsaviorsaviour

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jestjesterjetA1jettison

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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