Other forms: messiahs
A messiah is a promised deliverer, or somebody treated as one. Await the messiah, a false messiah, treated like a messiah.
The Hebrew word means anointed, and Christ is the Greek translation of it — so the two words are the same title in two languages. In ordinary use, a messiah complex means believing you are destined to save everybody.
1nounmessiahA promised deliverer, or somebody treated as one.
“Fans treated the new coach like a messiah who would save the failing club.”
messiah is a deliverer.
Hebrew mashiach means anointed. Christ is the Greek translation of the same word.
Middle English
Messyas
English, today
messiah
From Middle English Messyas. From Middle English Messyas, Messy, Messie, from Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσίας, from arc ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ, from hbo מָשִׁיחַ (“anointed”). a doublet of Masih and Moshiach.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA