Definition of messiah in English:

messiah

nounmɪˈsʌɪəməˈsaɪə

1the MessiahThe promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible.
弥赛亚（希伯来《圣经》预言的犹太民族拯救者）
Example sentencesExamples
- Simeon firmly believed a messiah would rise out of the desert, rescue a chosen people and restore peace to the Promised Land.
- I know that the Messiah will come, and when He comes He'll tell us everything.
- Is the Messiah divine, as the Christians say, or human as the Jews say?
- ‘In Judaism, we believe the messiah has not come yet,’ he says.
- But the Old Testament talks about the coming of the Messiah.
- Mashiyach is the Hebrew word meaning messiah or anointed one.
- You are the One who will choose the Messiah from the sons of Israel!
- This One, who would be the new and greater David, was the Messiah.
- Readers of Berger's book cannot fail to gain the impression that belief in the messiah is a central religious concern of Orthodox Jews today.
- The night of Passover would be a good night for the Messiah to show up and the king of God to show up.
- The secular Zionists were doing the work of God and the Messiah but they did not yet know it.
- For the Rastafarians, the black men are the ‘true’ Israelites, waiting for the Messiah to re-establish their Promised Land in Africa.
- When the Messiah comes, you'll wish you were Jewish!
- Yet Malachi prophesied that Messiah would come - and Christ, the Messiah, did come.
- Actually, our tradition tells us that the Messiah will not come on Shabbat or Yom Tov.
- The people of the Decapolis were well-familiar with the Messiah.
- Where does the Jewish concept of Messiah come from?
- They serve as the prototypes for the Messiah from Joseph, and the Messiah from David, who usher in the Messianic Era.
- They believe in establishing a Jewish homeland without the coming of the messiah, in direct resistance to the Hasids.
- The Jews believed in two ages: the age of the law (which began at Sinai) and the age of the Messiah.
1. 1.1 Jesus regarded by Christians as the Messiah of the Hebrew prophecies and the saviour of humankind.
  （基督徒心目中的）救世主耶稣
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some say that Christ is the Messiah, a Chosen One sent by God.
  Early Christianity blamed the Jews for not accepting Jesus as the messiah.
  Though the Jews were concerned about Adam and the consequences of his actions, the Jewish tradition knows no antithesis of this sort between the first human being and the messiah.
  In the Bible, John foretells the arrival of Jesus, the awaited messiah.
  He is variously viewed as a suffering prophet, king, messiah, or Israel, in whole or in part.
  In that moment, on that mountain, Jesus was transfigured and the disciples got a glimpse of Jesus, the messiah.
  Barnard concluded by stating that any man who engaged his conscience in scriptural study would come to the unquestionable conclusion that Jesus Christ was the messiah.
  Surely this does not depend on whether Jesus is the messiah or not.
  And that is what we have seen in Jesus, the messiah.
  That out of darkness was coming light, out of death, life, out of weakness, strength, with the resurrection of Jesus, and his coming to the recognition that he was Christ or messiah.
  The title Christas, messiah, is treated as a virtual name by Paul.
  They will acknowledge Jesus as messiah if just the right omens suggest that he is.
  Christ is simply the Greek translation of the Hebrew word messiah.
  The Holy Spirit came upon him at his baptism, consecrating him as the messiah.
  John tells those around him that Jesus is lamb of God, expected messiah, and the Son of God.
  Once this happens, the remaining Jews will accept Jesus as their messiah.
  To begin with, one of the most common elements in early Christian preaching is the great effort to show that the crucified Jesus was Israel's messiah as testified to by her scriptures.
  That perfume names Jesus the messiah as ‘Anointed One’ and crowns him king.
  The messiah should be a priestly figure, and yet Jesus was born to the tribe of Judah, not the priestly tribe of Levi.
  Over one hundred and fifty prophecies exist concerning the coming of a messiah and saviour.
2A leader regarded as the saviour of a particular country, group, or cause.
（人群或事业的）领袖，救星
the club's supporters have been tempted to regard him as a messiah rather than a manager
俱乐部的支持者已被诱惑，将其视为救世主而不是经理。
Example sentencesExamples
- His pages are filled with descriptions of rural bandits, sectarian radicals, urban terrorists and would-be messiahs; of riots, pogroms and communal violence; and of clashes between troops and demonstrators.
- By definition, the traditional storytellers were not leaders, much less messiahs.
- On the political front, these leaders were akin to messiahs in their respective parties and countries.
- I've seen leadership schools set out on the fringes, including one in an outpost of Jerusalem that teaches would-be messiahs to lead in the coming apocalypse.
- A few self-prophesied messiahs of the Kannada film industry are dictating terms to cinegoers.
- ‘The winning formula is producing the right policies not searching for the next messiah,’ an MP, who asked not to be named, said.
- The manager was hailed as a messiah after Celtic enjoyed a march to glory in 2001, when they secured the treble.
- Such morbid symptoms include false messiahs, doomsday predictions, UFO sightings, pyramid schemes, and so on.
- We must nurture the true messiahs with microphones and turntables, as we are all witnesses to the brand new/old beats.
- In the present times we have the new age gurus, generation next philosophers, management messiahs and a host of others offering quick-fix solutions, spiritual paradigms and instant nirvanas.
- Others were newly formed, perhaps on the initiative of local radicals, a charismatic leader, or a would-be messiah.
- Politicians who do not trim tend not to be messiahs but very naughty boys.
- Through his public (if often tedious) spirituality and his key role in the first superstar benefit concert, he also helped redefine the modern pop star as a messiah.
- As is the way with most messiahs, only the poor, the insane and the very young recognize his divinity.
- Infanticide rates have dropped dramatically in areas where the messiahs operate, but many mothers still give their girl babies away.
- It is important to note further here that as the elections draw nearer, the country is going to witness more of such leaders emerge to portray themselves as messiahs with a sole assignment to ‘liberate’ the nation.
- That these messiahs of the politics of hate, wrenching apart the fabric of secular India do not represent the Hindu majority.
- Why then are these messiahs of the modern era being persecuted?
- Neither offers a practical program for ridding the world of hunger, disease, or oppression, the things we demand that our messiahs do for us or else authorize us to do in their name.
- But dreams, after all, are dreams, and as we are busy producing double-faced politicians, there are no messiahs around to translate dreams into realities.

Derivatives

messiahship

nounmɪˈsʌɪəʃɪpməˈsaɪəˌʃɪp

Jesus explains that his messiahship is to be revealed in suffering and death.
Example sentencesExamples
- Much of the evidence for this is derived from a messianist rabbinic ruling, issued in 1997, requiring all Jews to accept the messiahship of Rabbi Schneerson.
- Thoughtful Christians are recognizing that the messiahship of Jesus does not necessitate a rejection of all things Jewish.
- If so, Jesus was reluctant to spell out the nature of his messiahship, but his actions and words provided plenty of hints for his followers to reach this conclusion for themselves.
- The messiahship of Jesus has a meaning that is new and original.

Origin

Old English Messias: via late Latin and Greek from Hebrew māšīaḥ 'anointed'.

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah

Definition of messiah in US English:

messiah

nounməˈsīəməˈsaɪə

1the MessiahThe promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible.
弥赛亚（希伯来《圣经》预言的犹太民族拯救者）
Example sentencesExamples
- I know that the Messiah will come, and when He comes He'll tell us everything.
- The people of the Decapolis were well-familiar with the Messiah.
- You are the One who will choose the Messiah from the sons of Israel!
- Readers of Berger's book cannot fail to gain the impression that belief in the messiah is a central religious concern of Orthodox Jews today.
- Actually, our tradition tells us that the Messiah will not come on Shabbat or Yom Tov.
- The secular Zionists were doing the work of God and the Messiah but they did not yet know it.
- This One, who would be the new and greater David, was the Messiah.
- But the Old Testament talks about the coming of the Messiah.
- When the Messiah comes, you'll wish you were Jewish!
- Yet Malachi prophesied that Messiah would come - and Christ, the Messiah, did come.
- They serve as the prototypes for the Messiah from Joseph, and the Messiah from David, who usher in the Messianic Era.
- The night of Passover would be a good night for the Messiah to show up and the king of God to show up.
- Where does the Jewish concept of Messiah come from?
- The Jews believed in two ages: the age of the law (which began at Sinai) and the age of the Messiah.
- Is the Messiah divine, as the Christians say, or human as the Jews say?
- They believe in establishing a Jewish homeland without the coming of the messiah, in direct resistance to the Hasids.
- ‘In Judaism, we believe the messiah has not come yet,’ he says.
- Simeon firmly believed a messiah would rise out of the desert, rescue a chosen people and restore peace to the Promised Land.
- Mashiyach is the Hebrew word meaning messiah or anointed one.
- For the Rastafarians, the black men are the ‘true’ Israelites, waiting for the Messiah to re-establish their Promised Land in Africa.
1. 1.1 Jesus regarded by Christians as the Messiah of the Hebrew prophecies and the savior of humankind.
  （基督徒心目中的）救世主耶稣
  Example sentencesExamples
  To begin with, one of the most common elements in early Christian preaching is the great effort to show that the crucified Jesus was Israel's messiah as testified to by her scriptures.
  In that moment, on that mountain, Jesus was transfigured and the disciples got a glimpse of Jesus, the messiah.
  Over one hundred and fifty prophecies exist concerning the coming of a messiah and saviour.
  Early Christianity blamed the Jews for not accepting Jesus as the messiah.
  Christ is simply the Greek translation of the Hebrew word messiah.
  He is variously viewed as a suffering prophet, king, messiah, or Israel, in whole or in part.
  That perfume names Jesus the messiah as ‘Anointed One’ and crowns him king.
  And that is what we have seen in Jesus, the messiah.
  John tells those around him that Jesus is lamb of God, expected messiah, and the Son of God.
  That out of darkness was coming light, out of death, life, out of weakness, strength, with the resurrection of Jesus, and his coming to the recognition that he was Christ or messiah.
  Barnard concluded by stating that any man who engaged his conscience in scriptural study would come to the unquestionable conclusion that Jesus Christ was the messiah.
  In the Bible, John foretells the arrival of Jesus, the awaited messiah.
  Surely this does not depend on whether Jesus is the messiah or not.
  Though the Jews were concerned about Adam and the consequences of his actions, the Jewish tradition knows no antithesis of this sort between the first human being and the messiah.
  They will acknowledge Jesus as messiah if just the right omens suggest that he is.
  The Holy Spirit came upon him at his baptism, consecrating him as the messiah.
  The title Christas, messiah, is treated as a virtual name by Paul.
  Once this happens, the remaining Jews will accept Jesus as their messiah.
  Some say that Christ is the Messiah, a Chosen One sent by God.
  The messiah should be a priestly figure, and yet Jesus was born to the tribe of Judah, not the priestly tribe of Levi.
2A leader or savior of a particular group or cause.
（人群或事业的）领袖，救星
he was regarded as a messiah by liberal and conservatives alike
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘The winning formula is producing the right policies not searching for the next messiah,’ an MP, who asked not to be named, said.
- On the political front, these leaders were akin to messiahs in their respective parties and countries.
- Such morbid symptoms include false messiahs, doomsday predictions, UFO sightings, pyramid schemes, and so on.
- Infanticide rates have dropped dramatically in areas where the messiahs operate, but many mothers still give their girl babies away.
- In the present times we have the new age gurus, generation next philosophers, management messiahs and a host of others offering quick-fix solutions, spiritual paradigms and instant nirvanas.
- By definition, the traditional storytellers were not leaders, much less messiahs.
- Politicians who do not trim tend not to be messiahs but very naughty boys.
- We must nurture the true messiahs with microphones and turntables, as we are all witnesses to the brand new/old beats.
- A few self-prophesied messiahs of the Kannada film industry are dictating terms to cinegoers.
- It is important to note further here that as the elections draw nearer, the country is going to witness more of such leaders emerge to portray themselves as messiahs with a sole assignment to ‘liberate’ the nation.
- That these messiahs of the politics of hate, wrenching apart the fabric of secular India do not represent the Hindu majority.
- Through his public (if often tedious) spirituality and his key role in the first superstar benefit concert, he also helped redefine the modern pop star as a messiah.
- The manager was hailed as a messiah after Celtic enjoyed a march to glory in 2001, when they secured the treble.
- Others were newly formed, perhaps on the initiative of local radicals, a charismatic leader, or a would-be messiah.
- Why then are these messiahs of the modern era being persecuted?
- But dreams, after all, are dreams, and as we are busy producing double-faced politicians, there are no messiahs around to translate dreams into realities.
- Neither offers a practical program for ridding the world of hunger, disease, or oppression, the things we demand that our messiahs do for us or else authorize us to do in their name.
- His pages are filled with descriptions of rural bandits, sectarian radicals, urban terrorists and would-be messiahs; of riots, pogroms and communal violence; and of clashes between troops and demonstrators.
- As is the way with most messiahs, only the poor, the insane and the very young recognize his divinity.
- I've seen leadership schools set out on the fringes, including one in an outpost of Jerusalem that teaches would-be messiahs to lead in the coming apocalypse.

Origin

Old English Messias: via late Latin and Greek from Hebrew māšīaḥ ‘anointed’.

单词	messiah
释义	Definition of messiah in English: messiah nounmɪˈsʌɪəməˈsaɪə 1the MessiahThe promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible. 弥赛亚（希伯来《圣经》预言的犹太民族拯救者） Example sentencesExamples Simeon firmly believed a messiah would rise out of the desert, rescue a chosen people and restore peace to the Promised Land. I know that the Messiah will come, and when He comes He'll tell us everything. Is the Messiah divine, as the Christians say, or human as the Jews say? ‘In Judaism, we believe the messiah has not come yet,’ he says. But the Old Testament talks about the coming of the Messiah. Mashiyach is the Hebrew word meaning messiah or anointed one. You are the One who will choose the Messiah from the sons of Israel! This One, who would be the new and greater David, was the Messiah. Readers of Berger's book cannot fail to gain the impression that belief in the messiah is a central religious concern of Orthodox Jews today. The night of Passover would be a good night for the Messiah to show up and the king of God to show up. The secular Zionists were doing the work of God and the Messiah but they did not yet know it. For the Rastafarians, the black men are the ‘true’ Israelites, waiting for the Messiah to re-establish their Promised Land in Africa. When the Messiah comes, you'll wish you were Jewish! Yet Malachi prophesied that Messiah would come - and Christ, the Messiah, did come. Actually, our tradition tells us that the Messiah will not come on Shabbat or Yom Tov. The people of the Decapolis were well-familiar with the Messiah. Where does the Jewish concept of Messiah come from? They serve as the prototypes for the Messiah from Joseph, and the Messiah from David, who usher in the Messianic Era. They believe in establishing a Jewish homeland without the coming of the messiah, in direct resistance to the Hasids. The Jews believed in two ages: the age of the law (which began at Sinai) and the age of the Messiah. 1.1 Jesus regarded by Christians as the Messiah of the Hebrew prophecies and the saviour of humankind. （基督徒心目中的）救世主耶稣 Example sentencesExamples Some say that Christ is the Messiah, a Chosen One sent by God. Early Christianity blamed the Jews for not accepting Jesus as the messiah. Though the Jews were concerned about Adam and the consequences of his actions, the Jewish tradition knows no antithesis of this sort between the first human being and the messiah. In the Bible, John foretells the arrival of Jesus, the awaited messiah. He is variously viewed as a suffering prophet, king, messiah, or Israel, in whole or in part. In that moment, on that mountain, Jesus was transfigured and the disciples got a glimpse of Jesus, the messiah. Barnard concluded by stating that any man who engaged his conscience in scriptural study would come to the unquestionable conclusion that Jesus Christ was the messiah. Surely this does not depend on whether Jesus is the messiah or not. And that is what we have seen in Jesus, the messiah. That out of darkness was coming light, out of death, life, out of weakness, strength, with the resurrection of Jesus, and his coming to the recognition that he was Christ or messiah. The title Christas, messiah, is treated as a virtual name by Paul. They will acknowledge Jesus as messiah if just the right omens suggest that he is. Christ is simply the Greek translation of the Hebrew word messiah. The Holy Spirit came upon him at his baptism, consecrating him as the messiah. John tells those around him that Jesus is lamb of God, expected messiah, and the Son of God. Once this happens, the remaining Jews will accept Jesus as their messiah. To begin with, one of the most common elements in early Christian preaching is the great effort to show that the crucified Jesus was Israel's messiah as testified to by her scriptures. That perfume names Jesus the messiah as ‘Anointed One’ and crowns him king. The messiah should be a priestly figure, and yet Jesus was born to the tribe of Judah, not the priestly tribe of Levi. Over one hundred and fifty prophecies exist concerning the coming of a messiah and saviour. 2A leader regarded as the saviour of a particular country, group, or cause. （人群或事业的）领袖，救星 the club's supporters have been tempted to regard him as a messiah rather than a manager 俱乐部的支持者已被诱惑，将其视为救世主而不是经理。 Example sentencesExamples His pages are filled with descriptions of rural bandits, sectarian radicals, urban terrorists and would-be messiahs; of riots, pogroms and communal violence; and of clashes between troops and demonstrators. By definition, the traditional storytellers were not leaders, much less messiahs. On the political front, these leaders were akin to messiahs in their respective parties and countries. I've seen leadership schools set out on the fringes, including one in an outpost of Jerusalem that teaches would-be messiahs to lead in the coming apocalypse. A few self-prophesied messiahs of the Kannada film industry are dictating terms to cinegoers. ‘The winning formula is producing the right policies not searching for the next messiah,’ an MP, who asked not to be named, said. The manager was hailed as a messiah after Celtic enjoyed a march to glory in 2001, when they secured the treble. Such morbid symptoms include false messiahs, doomsday predictions, UFO sightings, pyramid schemes, and so on. We must nurture the true messiahs with microphones and turntables, as we are all witnesses to the brand new/old beats. In the present times we have the new age gurus, generation next philosophers, management messiahs and a host of others offering quick-fix solutions, spiritual paradigms and instant nirvanas. Others were newly formed, perhaps on the initiative of local radicals, a charismatic leader, or a would-be messiah. Politicians who do not trim tend not to be messiahs but very naughty boys. Through his public (if often tedious) spirituality and his key role in the first superstar benefit concert, he also helped redefine the modern pop star as a messiah. As is the way with most messiahs, only the poor, the insane and the very young recognize his divinity. Infanticide rates have dropped dramatically in areas where the messiahs operate, but many mothers still give their girl babies away. It is important to note further here that as the elections draw nearer, the country is going to witness more of such leaders emerge to portray themselves as messiahs with a sole assignment to ‘liberate’ the nation. That these messiahs of the politics of hate, wrenching apart the fabric of secular India do not represent the Hindu majority. Why then are these messiahs of the modern era being persecuted? Neither offers a practical program for ridding the world of hunger, disease, or oppression, the things we demand that our messiahs do for us or else authorize us to do in their name. But dreams, after all, are dreams, and as we are busy producing double-faced politicians, there are no messiahs around to translate dreams into realities. Derivatives messiahship nounmɪˈsʌɪəʃɪpməˈsaɪəˌʃɪp Jesus explains that his messiahship is to be revealed in suffering and death. Example sentencesExamples Much of the evidence for this is derived from a messianist rabbinic ruling, issued in 1997, requiring all Jews to accept the messiahship of Rabbi Schneerson. Thoughtful Christians are recognizing that the messiahship of Jesus does not necessitate a rejection of all things Jewish. If so, Jesus was reluctant to spell out the nature of his messiahship, but his actions and words provided plenty of hints for his followers to reach this conclusion for themselves. The messiahship of Jesus has a meaning that is new and original. Origin Old English Messias: via late Latin and Greek from Hebrew māšīaḥ 'anointed'. Rhymes acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah Definition of messiah in US English: messiah nounməˈsīəməˈsaɪə 1the MessiahThe promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible. 弥赛亚（希伯来《圣经》预言的犹太民族拯救者） Example sentencesExamples I know that the Messiah will come, and when He comes He'll tell us everything. The people of the Decapolis were well-familiar with the Messiah. You are the One who will choose the Messiah from the sons of Israel! Readers of Berger's book cannot fail to gain the impression that belief in the messiah is a central religious concern of Orthodox Jews today. Actually, our tradition tells us that the Messiah will not come on Shabbat or Yom Tov. The secular Zionists were doing the work of God and the Messiah but they did not yet know it. This One, who would be the new and greater David, was the Messiah. But the Old Testament talks about the coming of the Messiah. When the Messiah comes, you'll wish you were Jewish! Yet Malachi prophesied that Messiah would come - and Christ, the Messiah, did come. They serve as the prototypes for the Messiah from Joseph, and the Messiah from David, who usher in the Messianic Era. The night of Passover would be a good night for the Messiah to show up and the king of God to show up. Where does the Jewish concept of Messiah come from? The Jews believed in two ages: the age of the law (which began at Sinai) and the age of the Messiah. Is the Messiah divine, as the Christians say, or human as the Jews say? They believe in establishing a Jewish homeland without the coming of the messiah, in direct resistance to the Hasids. ‘In Judaism, we believe the messiah has not come yet,’ he says. Simeon firmly believed a messiah would rise out of the desert, rescue a chosen people and restore peace to the Promised Land. Mashiyach is the Hebrew word meaning messiah or anointed one. For the Rastafarians, the black men are the ‘true’ Israelites, waiting for the Messiah to re-establish their Promised Land in Africa. 1.1 Jesus regarded by Christians as the Messiah of the Hebrew prophecies and the savior of humankind. （基督徒心目中的）救世主耶稣 Example sentencesExamples To begin with, one of the most common elements in early Christian preaching is the great effort to show that the crucified Jesus was Israel's messiah as testified to by her scriptures. In that moment, on that mountain, Jesus was transfigured and the disciples got a glimpse of Jesus, the messiah. Over one hundred and fifty prophecies exist concerning the coming of a messiah and saviour. Early Christianity blamed the Jews for not accepting Jesus as the messiah. Christ is simply the Greek translation of the Hebrew word messiah. He is variously viewed as a suffering prophet, king, messiah, or Israel, in whole or in part. That perfume names Jesus the messiah as ‘Anointed One’ and crowns him king. And that is what we have seen in Jesus, the messiah. John tells those around him that Jesus is lamb of God, expected messiah, and the Son of God. That out of darkness was coming light, out of death, life, out of weakness, strength, with the resurrection of Jesus, and his coming to the recognition that he was Christ or messiah. Barnard concluded by stating that any man who engaged his conscience in scriptural study would come to the unquestionable conclusion that Jesus Christ was the messiah. In the Bible, John foretells the arrival of Jesus, the awaited messiah. Surely this does not depend on whether Jesus is the messiah or not. Though the Jews were concerned about Adam and the consequences of his actions, the Jewish tradition knows no antithesis of this sort between the first human being and the messiah. They will acknowledge Jesus as messiah if just the right omens suggest that he is. The Holy Spirit came upon him at his baptism, consecrating him as the messiah. The title Christas, messiah, is treated as a virtual name by Paul. Once this happens, the remaining Jews will accept Jesus as their messiah. Some say that Christ is the Messiah, a Chosen One sent by God. The messiah should be a priestly figure, and yet Jesus was born to the tribe of Judah, not the priestly tribe of Levi. 2A leader or savior of a particular group or cause. （人群或事业的）领袖，救星 he was regarded as a messiah by liberal and conservatives alike Example sentencesExamples ‘The winning formula is producing the right policies not searching for the next messiah,’ an MP, who asked not to be named, said. On the political front, these leaders were akin to messiahs in their respective parties and countries. Such morbid symptoms include false messiahs, doomsday predictions, UFO sightings, pyramid schemes, and so on. Infanticide rates have dropped dramatically in areas where the messiahs operate, but many mothers still give their girl babies away. In the present times we have the new age gurus, generation next philosophers, management messiahs and a host of others offering quick-fix solutions, spiritual paradigms and instant nirvanas. By definition, the traditional storytellers were not leaders, much less messiahs. Politicians who do not trim tend not to be messiahs but very naughty boys. We must nurture the true messiahs with microphones and turntables, as we are all witnesses to the brand new/old beats. A few self-prophesied messiahs of the Kannada film industry are dictating terms to cinegoers. It is important to note further here that as the elections draw nearer, the country is going to witness more of such leaders emerge to portray themselves as messiahs with a sole assignment to ‘liberate’ the nation. That these messiahs of the politics of hate, wrenching apart the fabric of secular India do not represent the Hindu majority. Through his public (if often tedious) spirituality and his key role in the first superstar benefit concert, he also helped redefine the modern pop star as a messiah. The manager was hailed as a messiah after Celtic enjoyed a march to glory in 2001, when they secured the treble. Others were newly formed, perhaps on the initiative of local radicals, a charismatic leader, or a would-be messiah. Why then are these messiahs of the modern era being persecuted? But dreams, after all, are dreams, and as we are busy producing double-faced politicians, there are no messiahs around to translate dreams into realities. Neither offers a practical program for ridding the world of hunger, disease, or oppression, the things we demand that our messiahs do for us or else authorize us to do in their name. His pages are filled with descriptions of rural bandits, sectarian radicals, urban terrorists and would-be messiahs; of riots, pogroms and communal violence; and of clashes between troops and demonstrators. As is the way with most messiahs, only the poor, the insane and the very young recognize his divinity. I've seen leadership schools set out on the fringes, including one in an outpost of Jerusalem that teaches would-be messiahs to lead in the coming apocalypse. Origin Old English Messias: via late Latin and Greek from Hebrew māšīaḥ ‘anointed’.
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