<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> In Judaism, messiah (Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ ‎, translit . māšîaḥ ‎; Greek: χριστός, translit . khristós, lit .' anointed, covered in oil') is a title for a savior and liberator of the Jewish people . The concept of messianism originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, a messiah is a king or High Priest traditionally anointed with holy anointing oil . However, messiahs were not exclusively Jewish, as the Hebrew Bible refers to Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, as a messiah for his decree to rebuild the Jerusalem Temple . </P> <P> In Jewish eschatology, the Messiah is a future Jewish king from the Davidic line, who is expected to be anointed with holy anointing oil and rule the Jewish people during the Messianic Age and World to come . The Messiah is often referred to as "King Messiah" (Hebrew: מלך משיח ‎, translit . melekh mashiach ‎) or malka meshiḥa in Aramaic . </P>

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