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Messiah

Meaning of “Messiah”

The Anointed One; Christ.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-references
2 occurrences2 verses1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Daniel 9:25

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “Messiah”

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Daniel 9:25
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Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 9:25 · retained source text

Know therefore and vnderstand, that from the going foorth of the commandement to restore and to build Ierusalem, vnto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seuen weekes; and threescore and two weekes, the street shall be built againe, and the wall, euen in troublous times.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shall returne and be built.

1611 marginal noteOr, breach or ditch.

1611 marginal noteHebr. in strait of times.

Daniel 9:26
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And after threescore and two weeks shall messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 9:26 · retained source text

And after threescore and two weekes, shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himselfe, and the people of the Prince that shall come, shall destroy the citie, and the Sanctuarie, and the ende thereof shall be with a flood, and vnto the ende of the warre desolations are determined.

1611 marginal noteOr, shall haue nothing.

1611 marginal noteOr, it shall be cut off by desolations.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Daniel 9:25; Daniel 9:26; John 1:41; John 4:25

Daniel names Messiah the Prince who is cut off; the Gospel cross-references directly identify Messias as Christ.