English Dictionary: Immanuel | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Immanuel | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Immanuel \Im*man"u*el\, n. [Heb. 'imm[be]n[?][c7]l, fr. 'im with + [be]n[?] us + [c7]l God.] God with us; -- an appellation of the Christ. --Is. vii. 14. Matt. i. 23. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Immanuel God with us. In the Old Testament it occurs only in Isa. 7:14 and 8:8. Most Christian interpreters have regarded these words as directly and exclusively a prophecy of our Saviour, an interpretation borne out by the words of the evangelist Matthew (1:23). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Immanuel, God with us |