what does the H stand for in Jesus H. Christ? is it holy?

Question

i've heard this is in movies...just wondering!

Answer 1

Tsk-Tsk! You should know better to ask a question like this!

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Answer 2

Harold is a very good guess. Holy would make some sense too, but that's probably not it. You should know that Christ was not Jesus's last name, it was a title, like "Sir" would be a title. Christ does not mean Sir, that's just an example. Hence the name of the movie. "The Passion of THE Christ".

Answer 3

He didn't have a middle name.The jews in those days did not assign middle names.That didn't happen until about 300 or so A.D.

Ben-Yosef is, by some accounts, the last name of Joseph, earthly father of Jesus. How accurate this is is hard to say. "Yeshua" is a poor romanization of the Hebrew pronounciation of "Jesus" ("Jesus" is the name in Greek, which was the language the original Gospels were written in.) Since "Jesus H. Christ" is, for the most part, only used in America, it most likely is a cut-down version of "Jesus, Holy Christ!" which is indeed used. However, the theory involving the Greek letter eta, seen in the old Greek writing of Jesus, is rather interesting.

"Ben-Yosef" means "son of Yosef." It's not a last name, this is the way Hebrew names are structured. Yeshua ben-Yosef, "Yeshua, son-of-Yosef" would therefore be the full Hebrew name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Challah is bread eaten by Jews primarily on the eve of the Sabbath but also at other times. It represents the "show bread" that was placed on the altar in the days of The Temple. It traditionally (and by traditionally I mean in the Eastern-European Jewish estimation of tradition) a braided loaf made with a lot of egg and is somewhat sweet... though these are not requirements, and there are many versions of Challah to be found in Jewish communities around the world. Challah itself is uniquely Jewish, though other sweet eggy bread can be found in many cultures. It does not make them Challah.

Challah The first sound of the word Challah is a throaty aspirated "kh" sort of sound. Like hocking up a phlegm wad. Think Klingon. A lot of people can't pronounce this sound and it comes out sounding like an "h" so Challah becomes "Hallah" which sounds like "Holla."

"Our Father Who Art In Heaven, Harold Be Thy Name."

Answer 4

Jesus H. Christ is an example of slang serving as a mild, joking curse. The expression is most commonly used in a wry, sarcastic, cynical, or joking tone, although it may nonetheless be perceived as blasphemy, being a variation of "Jesus Christ". The expression jokingly implies that the "Christ" in "Jesus Christ" is a surname rather than a title ("Christ", meaning anointed, is Greek for "Messiah"). The expression dates to at least the late nineteenth century (although according to Mark Twain it was already old in 1850), and likely originates with the ancient Christian three-letter symbolism IHS (the Christogram).

Answer 5

Harold. As in "Harold be Thy name."

Seriously, His name is Jesus, or Jesus of Nazareth. He is known also as Jesus the Christ, the Messiah, the Saviour.

"Jesus Christ" is not His first and last name. It is just a contraction, used by some.

"Jesus H. Christ" is just a phrase.

Answer 6

It comes from the Greek monogram for Jesus, IHS or IHC. This is formed from the first two letters plus the last letter of His name in Greek (the letters iota, eta, and sigma; in the second instance, the C is a Byzantine Greek form of sigma). The H is actually the capital letter form of eta, but churchgoers who were unfamiliar with Greek took it to be a Latin H.

Answer 7

Henry

Answer 8

Hank. Jesus Hank Christ. That's got a good ring to it

Answer 9

The Christogram symbol derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus, transliterated as "IHS" or "JHS".

Since "IHS" gave rise to the backronym, Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin for "Jesus savior of men"), it is plausible that "JHC" gave rise to "Jesus H. Christ".

Answer 10

You read my mind....I meant to ask this the other day!

Personally, I like to think it stands for Horatio. Don't know why.....

Next question - what the heck is he doing on a sidecar? Who's driving the bike? Doesn't Jesus have his motorcycle license?

Answer 11

Herman

Jesus Herman Christ....

Better known as Herm or Hermmie to his friends up above!