Ἰησοῦς | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Jesus; the Greek form of the Hebrew name Yehoshua (Joshua), meaning “Yahweh is salvation.” Used as the personal name of Jesus of Nazareth in the New Testament.

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Grammatical Analysis

"Ἰησοῦς"

Lexical form: Ἰησοῦς

Case: nominative

Number: singular

Gender: masculine

Declension: second (contracted type / irregular proper noun)

Notes: Ἰησοῦς is a proper noun (personal name) of Greek form representing the Hebrew 'Yeshua' (Jesus). Its case endings are irregular: nominative -ους, genitive -ου, dative -ῷ, accusative -ουν, vocative -οῦ. It regularly appears as subject of the sentence or in apposition.

Related Forms of Ἰησοῦς

5 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Ιησούς nominative, singular, masculine Iesous nominative, singular, masculine τὸν Ἰησοῦν noun phrase Ἰησοῦν accusative, singular, masculine Iēsous nominative, singular, masculine

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