Jesus

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

  Jesus \Je"sus\ (j[=e]"z[u^]s), prop. n. [L. Jesus, Gr. ?, from
     Heb. Y[=e]sh[=u]a'; Y[=a]h Jehovah + h[=o]sh[imac]a' to
     help.]
     The {Savior}; the name of the Son of God as announced by the
     angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in
     distinction from Christ, his official appellation. --Luke i.


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           Thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his
           people from their sins.                  --Matt. i. 21.
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     Note: The form Jesu is often used, esp. in the vocative.
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                 Jesu, do thou my soul receive.     --Keble.
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     {The Society of Jesus}. The Roman Catholic order whose
        members are called Jesuits. See {Jesuit}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Jesus
       n : a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in
           Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for
           Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) [syn: {Jesus of
           Nazareth}, {the Nazarene}, {Jesus Christ}, {Christ}, {Savior},
            {Saviour}, {Good Shepherd}, {Redeemer}, {Deliverer}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jesus
     (1.) Joshua, the son of Nun (Acts 7:45; Heb. 4:8; R.V.,
     "Joshua").
     
       (2.) A Jewish Christian surnamed Justus (Col. 4:11).
     
       Je'sus, the proper, as Christ is the official, name of our
     Lord. To distinguish him from others so called, he is spoken of
     as "Jesus of Nazareth" (John 18:7), and "Jesus the son of
     Joseph" (John 6:42).
     
       This is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua, which was
     originally Hoshea (Num. 13:8, 16), but changed by Moses into
     Jehoshua (Num. 13:16; 1 Chr. 7:27), or Joshua. After the Exile
     it assumed the form Jeshua, whence the Greek form Jesus. It was
     given to our Lord to denote the object of his mission, to save
     (Matt. 1:21).
     
       The life of Jesus on earth may be divided into two great
     periods, (1) that of his private life, till he was about thirty
     years of age; and (2) that of his public life, which lasted
     about three years.
     
       In the "fulness of time" he was born at Bethlehem, in the
     reign of the emperor Augustus, of Mary, who was betrothed to
     Joseph, a carpenter (Matt. 1:1; Luke 3:23; comp. John 7:42). His
     birth was announced to the shepherds (Luke 2:8-20). Wise men
     from the east came to Bethlehem to see him who was born "King of
     the Jews," bringing gifts with them (Matt. 2:1-12). Herod's
     cruel jealousy led to Joseph's flight into Egypt with Mary and
     the infant Jesus, where they tarried till the death of this king
     (Matt. 2:13-23), when they returned and settled in Nazareth, in
     Lower Galilee (2:23; comp. Luke 4:16; John 1:46, etc.). At the
     age of twelve years he went up to Jerusalem to the Passover with
     his parents. There, in the temple, "in the midst of the
     doctors," all that heard him were "astonished at his
     understanding and answers" (Luke 2:41, etc.).
     
       Eighteen years pass, of which we have no record beyond this,
     that he returned to Nazareth and "increased in wisdom and
     stature, and in favour with God and man" (Luke 2:52).
     
       He entered on his public ministry when he was about thirty
     years of age. It is generally reckoned to have extended to about
     three years. "Each of these years had peculiar features of its
     own. (1.) The first year may be called the year of obscurity,
     both because the records of it which we possess are very scanty,
     and because he seems during it to have been only slowly emerging
     into public notice. It was spent for the most part in Judea.
     (2.) The second year was the year of public favour, during which
     the country had become thoroughly aware of him; his activity was
     incessant, and his frame rang through the length and breadth of
     the land. It was almost wholly passed in Galilee. (3.) The third
     was the year of opposition, when the public favour ebbed away.
     His enemies multiplied and assailed him with more and more
     pertinacity, and at last he fell a victim to their hatred. The
     first six months of this final year were passed in Galilee, and
     the last six in other parts of the land.", Stalker's Life of
     Jesus Christ, p. 45.
     
       The only reliable sources of information regarding the life of
     Christ on earth are the Gospels, which present in historical
     detail the words and the work of Christ in so many different
     aspects. (See {CHIRST}.)
     

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

  Jesus, savior; deliverer