/jee"zeuhs, -zeuhz/ , n.
1. Also called Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth . born 4? B.C., crucified A.D. 29?, the source of the Christian religion.
2. ( "the Son of Sirach" ) the author of the Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus, who lived in the 3rd century B.C.
3. Christian Science. the supreme example of God's nature expressed through human beings.
4. Also, Jesús Sp. /he soohs"/ . a male given name.
interj.
5. (used as an oath or strong expression of disbelief, dismay, awe, disappointment, pain, etc.)
[ 1200-50; ME Iesus Iesoûs Yeshua', syncopated var. of YAHOSHUA' God is help; in Early Modern E, the distinction (lost in ME) between Jesus (nom.) and Jesu (obl., especially voc.; see JESU) was revived on the model of L and Gk sources; Jesus gradually supplanted the older form in both nom. and obl. ]