Category:Immanuel

Im*man"u*el, n. Etym: [Heb. 'imman, fr. 'im with + an us + el God.]

Defn: God with us; -- an appellation of the Christ. Isaiah 7:14. Matthew 1:23.

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Immanuel - God with us. In the Old Testament it occurs only in Isaiah 7:14 and Isaiah 8:8. Most Christian interpreters have regarded these words as directly and exclusively a prophecy of our Savior, Jesus Christ an interpretation borne out by the words of the evangelist Matthew (Matthew 1:23).