What does Emmanuel mean in the Bible?

Answer 1

Emmanuel is a Greek form of the Hebrew name Immanu'el, which means 'God with us.' The name first appears in a prophecy of Isaiah as the name of the son born of a virgin (Hebrew almah, "maiden"), and again in the book of Matthew, which cites this prophecy. In the King James and Revised Standard versions of The Bible, the name appears in its Hebrew form in Isaiah (translated from the Hebrew) and in its Greek form in Matthew (translated from the Greek). In the Douay version the name has been regularized and appears as Emmanuel in both places.

Answer 2

Immanuel עמנואל comes from two words combined:

עמנו = 'immanu = "with us"

אל = 'el = "God"

Therefore it means "God is with us" or "with us is God". While our standard and traditional Hebrew Texts called the "Massoretic Text" have this name as two words, interestingly the Dead Sea Scrolls version of Is 7:14 in at least one copy spells it as one word -- meaning its a name.

Answer 3

Emmanuel means "God is with us". Jesus Christ is called this because he is literally God with us.

Answer 4

"God with us"