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messiah

/məˈsaɪ.ə/noun3 syllables

Messiah means: any expected deliverer.

Synonyms for messiah1

noun, as in any expected deliverer

What does messiah mean?4

noun

1

any expected deliverer

2

Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer

3

the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people

4

an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with messiah?3

two syllables

viamayaplaya
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Messiah in a sentence

  • The prophets foretold the coming of the Messiah.LimeGreenTeknii
  • A lot of people have claimed to be the Messiah.shekitten
  • He didn't do the things that the Messiah was prophesized to do.shekitten
  • The last appearance that Handel made in public was to conduct the Messiah.Kayray
  • According to Judaism, Elijah will return to herald the coming of the Messiah.shekitten
  • No Messiah is coming to save us.shekitten
  • The criteria for the Jewish Messiah are not compatible with the life of Jesus.rul
  • According to Rabbinic tradition, the Messiah will be born on Tisha B'Av.shekitten

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Forms of messiah

as a noun

plural
messiahs