Immanuel

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Immanuel \Im*man"u*el\, n. [Heb. 'imm[=a]n?[=e]l, fr. 'im with +
     [=a]n? us + [=e]l God.]
     God with us; -- an appellation of the Christ. --Is. vii. 14.
     Matt. i. 23.
     [1913 Webster]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Immanuel
     God with us. In the Old Testament it occurs only in Isa. 7:14
     and 8:8. Most Christian interpreters have regarded these words
     as directly and exclusively a prophecy of our Saviour, an
     interpretation borne out by the words of the evangelist Matthew
     (1:23).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Immanuel, God with us