Messiah

==Etymology==
Messiah ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: {{Lang-he|מָשִׁיחַ|translit=mašíaḥ|label=none|lit=}}, or {{Lang-he|המשיח|translit=|label=none|lit=}}, ''mashiach''; {{lang-arc|משיחא}}; {{lang-syc|ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ}}, {{transliteration|arc|Məšîḥā}}; {{lang-la|Messias}}) literally means '[[Anointing|anointed one]]'.<ref name="etymonline.com">{{cite web| url = http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=messiah&searchmode=none| title = Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref>

In Hebrew, the Messiah is often referred to as ''{{lang|he-Latn|melekh mashiach}}'' ({{Lang-he|מלך המשיח|translit=|label=none|lit=}}; [[Tiberian vocalization|<small>Tiberian</small>]]: ''{{lang|he-Latn|Meleḵ ha-Mašīaḥ}}'', {{IPA-he|ˈmeleχ hamaˈʃiaħ|pron}}), literally meaning 'the Anointed King'. The Greek [[Septuagint]] version of the [[Old Testament]] renders all 39 instances of the [[Hebrew (language)|Hebrew]] ''mašíaḥ'' as ''Khristós'' ({{Lang-el|Χριστός|label=none}}).<ref name=EOC_1/> The [[New Testament]] records the Greek transliteration ''Messias'' ({{Lang-el|Μεσσίας|label=none}}) twice in [[Gospel of John|John]].<ref>{{bibleverse|Jn.|1:41|}}, {{bibleverse|John|4:25||4:25}}</ref>

{{transliteration|ar|al-Masīḥ}} ({{lang-ar|المسيح}}, {{IPA-ar|maˈsiːħ|pron}}, lit. 'the anointed', 'the traveller', or 'one who cures by caressing') is the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word for messiah used by both [[Arab Christians]] and [[Muslim]]s. In modern Arabic, it is used as one of the many titles of Jesus, referred to as {{transliteration|ar|Yasūʿ al-Masih}} ({{lang-ar|يسوع المسيح|label=none}}) by Arab Christians and {{transliteration|ar|Īsā al-Masīḥ}} ({{lang-ar|عيسى المسيح|label=none}}) by Muslims.<ref name="Badawi 2008 881">{{cite book |last1= Badawi|first1= Elsaid |last2= Haleem |first2= Muhammad Abdel |year= 2008 |title= Arabic–English Dictionary of Qur'anic Usage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mwWwCQAAQBAJ&q=%22cures+by+caressing%22 |publisher= Koninklijke Brill |page= 881|isbn= 9789047423775 }}</ref>