Quote:No, the word is mashiyach (מָשִׁיחַ ) It can mean any number of things depending on the context.
1) anointed, anointed one
a) of the Messiah, Messianic prince
b) of the king of Israel
c) of the high priest of Israel
d) of Cyrus
e) of the patriarchs as anointed kings
I love it when xtian fuckheads try to tell Jews how to be Jews!
Jesus would have been a jew if he'd existed at all.