hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ, translit. māšîaḥ;
Greek: χριστός, translit. khristós,
lit. ‘anointed, covered in oil’)
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(in judaism…)
(messiah is a title for a savior and liberator of the jewish people)
The concept of messianism originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, a messiah is a king or High Priest traditionally anointed with holy anointing oil.
However, messiahs were not exclusively Jewish, as the Hebrew Bible refers to Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, as a messiah for his decree to rebuild the Jerusalem Temple.
In Jewish eschatology, the Messiah is a future Jewish king from the Davidic line, who is expected to be anointed with holy anointing oil and rule the Jewish people during the Messianic Age and World to come.
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(the messiah is often referred to as “king messiah” (מלך משיח) or malka meshiḥa in aramaic)
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