What does the H in Jesus H Christ stand for?

Question

Does the bible have the answer?

Answer 1

The H stands for Harold, as in, "Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name" (snort).

Actually, I've heard numerous explanations for the H over the years. The first is that it stands for "Holy," as in Jesus Holy Christ, a common enough blasphemy in the South, abridged to H by fast-talking Northerners. Other colorful Southern epithets include Jesus Hebe Christ and Jesus Hebrew Christ, which abbreviate the same way. The drawback of this account is that it is so boring I can barely type it without falling asleep. Luckily, the other theories are more entertaining:

(1) It stands for "Haploid." This is an old bio major joke, referring to the unique (not to say immaculate) circumstances of Christ's conception. Having no biological father, J.C. was shortchanged in the chromosome department to the tune of one half. Ingenious, I'll admit, but whimsy has no place in a serious investigation such as this.

(2) It recalls the H in the IHS logo emblazoned on much Christian paraphernalia. IHS dates from the earliest years of Christianity, being an abbreviation of "Jesus" in classical Greek characters. The Greek pronunciation is "Iesous," with the E sound being represented by the character eta, which looks like an H. When the symbol passed to Christian Romans, for whom an H was an H, the unaccountable character eventually became accepted as Jesus's middle initial.

(3) Finally, a reader makes the claim that the H derives from the taunting Latin inscription INRH that was supposedly tacked on the cross by Roman soldiers: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Hebrei (Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Hebrews). Trouble is, the inscription is usually given as INRI: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum (J.C., King of the Jews).

Answer 2

The Latinized version of the name Jesus is IHS. Jesus is the Anglacized version of the name Joshua. Christ is the Greek word for annointed king. Some of the original translations always list the Jesus as Christ Jesus. In our western minds we made the "king" in Jesus his last name. Translation is a tricky art. ;)

I'd say Jesus H Christ is a form of soft cussing as like in the word "gosh".

Answer 3

Richard Prior did not coin the term, it was used long before this century. there are theories that it came from the Christogram which is a an ancient christian three letter symbol, IHS It can also imply that Christ is a surname rather than a title. Christ is actually a title which means "annointed" there is also Harold from the Lords Prayer: Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name .

Answer 4

Hector.

Actually I think it comes from the movie Fletch where the president of Boyd Aviation said "Jesus H Christ on a popsicle stick"

Answer 5

It doesn't stand for anything real or biblical it's something someone made up, also saying "Jesus Christ " for no reason or as a exclamation of excitement or anger is taking the lord's name in vain which is blasphemy and sinful in case you didn't know

Answer 6

Wonderful question, I was just thinking that last night! I really don't know. Maybe Henry. Or maybe it is for Hell, similar to people saying "God Damn", they may say "Jesus Hell Christ." Or, most likely it is like "Holy Christ," because we do also hear that by itself.

Answer 7

HOLY

Its part of profanity...Jesus H. Christ. NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BIBLE...its slang.

Answer 8

Holy
I believe you can find it in the bible
look for it in matthew mark luke revelation
if you are still unsure speak to a pastor

Answer 9

Herman

Answer 10

Hussein