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Immanuel
God with us. In the Old Testament it occurs only in Isa 7:14 and Isa 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 (Matt 1:23).
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- Isaiah 8:8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
