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There are many answers to this question that are far more interesting than the truth but the H stands for Harold! As in the mickey take Our Father, who art in Heaven. 'Harold' be thy name!
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I am quite confident that the "H" has nothing to do with the Bible or Jesus. I am suspicious that the addition of the H was an attempt by some who habitually use profane language to make the (extremely feeble) claim that they are not actually misusing the name of the Jesus of the Bible who does not have an H is his name. By the way, "Christ" (in the Bible) is not a last name. It is a title that means essentially "annointed one."
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There is no "H" within that precious name. However, to those who embed such a letter, it stands for "Hecklers".
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Using the name of "Jesus Christ" as an oath has been common for centuries, but the middle initial has unknown origins. Neither the Bible nor any other early historical reference to Jesus assigns him a middle initial. Christ, in any case, is not a last name, but rather a title meaning anointed - it is Greek for Messiah. The phrase "Jesus H. Christ" has been extended in many cases, both as a colloquialism, and in its use in television and film. For example, in the comedy The Blues Brothers, a film starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, Jake Blues (Belushi) exclaims, "Yes! Yes! Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, I see The Light!" during a period of religious fervor. TThe monogram (Christogram) IHS or IHC The only proposed etymology that begins with some solid foundation of fact (as opposed to purely hypothetical speculation) involves the divine monogram of Christian symbolism, IHC or IHS. This is derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus, iota-eta-sigma-omicron-upsilon-sigma or IHEOYE. Here the Greek letter eta was interpreted as the letter H in the Latin-speaking West (Greek eta and Latin-alphabet H had the same visual appearance and shared a common historical origin), while the Greek letter sigma was either interpreted as the Latin letter C (due to the visually-similar form of lunate sigma common in medieval Greek), or was interpreted as Latin S (since these letters of the two alphabets wrote the same sound). Because the Latin-alphabet letters I and J were not systematically distinguished until the 17th-century, JHC and JHS are completely equivalent to IHC and IHS. These monograms often have a prominent place in church decoration, where bored church attendees can have a lot of time on their hands to look at them and speculate on their significance. Since IHS already long-ago gave rise to the pseudo-explanation Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin for "Jesus savior of men"), it wouldn't be too surprising if JHC gave rise to "Jesus H. Christ. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_H._Christ
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i always assumed it meant holy. so as to make it not so much an expelitive as an emphasis of his radicalness. ok not really but it sounds cool right?
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I like jesus tapdancing christ
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I've never heard of the "H" but maybe "Holy"?
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Hoax?
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"Halleluja"? lol....
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I believe the H is suppose to be Holy
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It's Henry. It is mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Himself.
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honkey!
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Harold. It's mentioned in the lord's prayer: "Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name..."
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holy
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This is a little complex. Fortunately one of my majors was in Greek. In many churches the inscription IHC is part of church art. These happen to be an abbreviation of the name Jesus, which is spelled IHSYS in Greek capital letters. In small letters it is spelled Iesus and the "Ie" is pronounced "Yay" and the last three letters are pronounced "Soos" with a long OO. The Greek letter S is written several different ways, depending on where it is in a word or whether it's a capital or not, but the common name Jesus was abbreviated Jes (no period) and was written IHC or IHS in all-capital letters. The "H" is actually a letter that is pronounced "ay." It is not an initial "H." "H" was not written at all in ancient Greek, but was added by editors a long time later and is written as a backwards apostrophe in front of a vowel, or over the second vowel of a diphthong. This is the ancient pronunciation, as close as we can come to it. Modern Greek is pronounced quite differently.
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Herbert!!
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Hillusionist
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"Holy", right?
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It sytands for his name being edited by persons unknown.
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Hosanna?
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Hannah
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Howdy. Jesus howdy Christ.
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Hallowed. You know, as in Hallowed Is Thy Name? It's a family name.
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Hackeysack. It's well known that Jesus was good with his feet.
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Hughie... Yes, that's the official name.
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I always thought "Holy", but I suppose it could mean "Hockey stick" or "Herbert" or "How-do-you-do".
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Homey
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huckleberry
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Le roy
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Harry.
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Jesus "Holycrap I can't believe I'm talking/seeing/hearing about this" Christ
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Ralph.
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Hallelujah!
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Not sure about the H in Jesus H Christ, but on the issue of the IHS found on crucifix', I heard but don't believe the NY/Italian explanation that it means "I have suffered".. However, I see credibility in the "In Hoc Signe" explanation. "In Hoc Signe Vinces " (sic) from the Latin, = In this sign, victory, or " By this symbol we shall be victorious ", the Battle Cry of Constantine, who legend has it was visited by a vision of a Crucifix in the sky. He adopted the symbol of the Cross believeing that nly through the power of the Cross and his Faith in Christ could he succeed. (BTW - he did). Some branches of FreeMasonry, and also I've read possibly the Knights Templar, used some version of the "In Hoc Signe Vinces " motto
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hobo? hmm...
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Howie? Not a clue
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I'm guessing "Holy"
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Hank. Jesus Hank Christ is his full name.
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Herschel
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Honnika (don't now how to spell it)
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"Hallelujah" really.
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Jesus (Hussain) Christ
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BTW you have a cute baby
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no its HENRY
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Hidden.
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Howard :D
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Houdini!
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I'm pretty sure it's Howard. You know when your mom is really pissed, she calls you by your full name? "Jesus Howard Christ! Just you wait until your father gets home!"
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Hemorrhoid, what else? Jesus Hemorrhoid Christ - there, a beautiful name for an imaginary character
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This is an example of slang serving as a mild profanity sometimes having negative connotations aside from simple anger. It can also be a negative term describing Christians or referring to them and their beliefs in Christ in a conversation.
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Harry?
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Howard, according to the Lord's Prayer.
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holy?
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The expression dates to at least the late 19th 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). Using the name of Jesus Christ as an oath has been common for many centuries, but the precise origins of the letter H in the expression Jesus H. Christ are obscure. While many explanations have been proposed, some serious and many humorous, the most widely accepted derivation is from the divine monogram of Christian symbolism. The symbol, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus (ΙησοÏς), is transliterated IHS, IHC, JHS or JHC. Since the transliteration IHS gave rise to the backronym Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin for "Jesus savior of men"), it is plausible that JHC similarly led to Jesus H. Christ.
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Horatio
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Harold, or maybe Howard...
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The "H" stands for "Harold," from the Lord's Prayer, "Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name." (just kidding) Actually nobody knows what the "H" stands for. But the most reasonable theory seems to be "Holy" as in Jesus Holy Christ. This is a common blasphemy in the South which was then shortened to "H" by fast-talking Northerners. With love in Christ.
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Hellacious!
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I'm pretty sure it stands for"Homer"
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Haploid. Humans are diploid. They have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Di = 2. But since he didn't have a human father, he had only one string of 23 single chromosomes. Hence, haploid. (haplo = half) . Seriously.
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Holy?
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Heh! The world may never know! I once had an Engineering Watch Supervisor who hated hearing "Jesus Christ!" explicatives. It used to earn me a smack on the back of the head from him. So, being the devious Sailor that I was, I talked it over with the rest of us squids standing watch in Maneuvering...the game to play the next time he came into Maneuvering was to call out names that started with the letter "H", whereupon we would all consider the name very sagely until one of us would say "Nope, I don't think so". And then another "H" name would be tossed out for consideration. The next time the EWS came into Maneuvering, we started into our game. We had gone through three or four dozen "H" names while he was discussing something with the Watch Officer. Finally, no longer able to resist (probably knowing he was being set up, smart guy that he was), he finally turned to us and asked "WHAT are you guys talking about?" I said "We're trying to figure out what Jesus' middle name is!" I got another smack on the back of my head... :):):)
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***** It doesn't mean anything. ***** It could have been Q, Z, R, M, or L just as easily. SUM-UP: 1) It's just funny to put "H" in the middle AND 2) having an extra syllable helps add perfect emphasis. ...........Jesus H (!) Christ
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Hunk a bunk of burnin' love?
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Haploid
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Holy Moly.....
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