Mashi'akh (משיח) means "annointed one" and refers to any Jewish king. In ancient times, it also referred to priests, called Kohanim (כוהנים).
"Messiah" is one of those words that comes to us FROM Hebrew, by way of King James.
The Hebrew pronunciation is: "mah-SHEE-akh"
Messiah comes from the Hebrew word משיח (mah-SHEE-AKH). The Greek word for Messiah is Khristus (Χριστός) -- which is where "Christ" comes from.
The Hebrew word "meshiach".
The Hebrew Messiah (mashiach) means "anointed one." The Greek equivalent is (Khristos), or Christ.
No, that is completely false. Messiah in Hebrew is mah-shee-ach (משיח), which means "anointed one."
Jewish tradition doesn't mention a name for the next messiah. If you're asking what the word "messiah" is in Hebrew, it's משיח (mah-SHEE-ahkh). If you're asking how to say the name of the Christian messiah in Hebrew, it's Yeshu (ישו)
The word Christ is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word Messiah. This name, Messiah, was well known among the Jews. The Messiah was the promised one and they expected him as a Saviour and Redeemer. Both Messiah and Christ signify anointed.
Messiah is a Hebrew word meaning "anointed", christ is the greek word for "anointed".
Christianity. In Greek, Messiah is translated to Χριστός (Khristós). One would assume that this became anglicized as "Christos", thereby influencing the word used to name religion of those following their Messiah.
Christ is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word Messiah, which means "anointed one."
The word Messiah comes from the Hebrew word for 'anointed'. The word Christ is the Greek equivalent, again meaning 'anointed'. The Old Testament never mentions Jesus at all, so it therefore never calls him the Messiah. The New Testament was written entirely in Greek and does call Jesus the Christ, the Greek equivalent to the Messiah.
The Greek word "chrisma" means the oil used in anointing and consequently, the Greek word "christos" means " the anointed one". This of course is the Greek word used in the New Testament for Jesus, the anointed one which is in turn a translation of the Hebrew "messiah".
Christine is a name that has Latin and Greek origins. Christine is derived from the word Christ which means Messiah in Hebrew.