Messiah的词源
英文词源
- messiah (n.)
- c. 1300, Messias, from Late Latin Messias, from Greek Messias, from Aramaic meshiha and Hebrew mashiah "the anointed" (of the Lord), from mashah "anoint." This is the word rendered in Septuagint as Greek Khristos (see Christ). In Old Testament prophetic writing, it was used of an expected deliverer of the Jewish nation. The modern English form represents an attempt to make the word look more Hebrew, and dates from the Geneva Bible (1560). Transferred sense of "an expected liberator or savior of a captive people" is attested from 1660s.
中文词源
来自希腊语Messias,来自希伯来语mashiah,上帝的傅油使者。对应另一个希腊词Khristos,即Christ.傅油为基督教的一种圣事，某种程度上相当于入门仪式，即用祝圣后的橄榄油进行涂抹。
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