Ἰησοῦς Iēsous

Greek word for “Jesus” · Strong’s G2424 · used 916 times in 877 verses

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Meaning

Ἰησοῦς, -οῦ, dative, voc.

Senses in the lexicon

• Jesus (911)
• Joshua (2)
• Jesus (1)
• Joshua (1)
• Jesus (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for Iēsous in context, with how often each is used:

• jesus 904
• jesus — 3
• joshua 3
• jesus is 2
• when jesus 1
• after jesus 1
• jesus was 1
• jesus! 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 11 (23), Matthew 26 (22), John 6 (21), John 18 (19), John 8 (18), John 19 (18), Mark 10 (17), John 4 (16), Matthew 27 (15), John 12 (15)

Forms

• Ἰησοῦς 461
• Ἰησοῦ 328
• Ἰησοῦν 127

Words used with it

Words that share verses with Iēsous more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 91
• μετά meta “with/after” 76
• πατήρ patēr “father” 70
• υἱός uhios “son” 67
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 60
• χάρις charis “grace” 50
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 56
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 51
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 43
• πίστις pistis “faith” 40
• κατά kata “according to” 47
• οἶδα oida “to know” 40

Key verses

The verses using Iēsous that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 28:18 — And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
• John 1:29 — The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
• John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• 1 Corinthians 1:30 — But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
• 2 Corinthians 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• Hebrews 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the…
• Hebrews 13:20 — Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 1 Peter 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of…
• 1 Peter 2:5 — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son…
• Revelation 1:5 — And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.