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    The Greek word "ixoye" is an acronym formed from the first letter of five words meaning "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior". Specifically, it comes from the first letters of: Iesous (Jesus), Xristos (Christ), Theou (God), Yios (Son), Sotare (Savior). The word can also be spelled as the Greek word for "fish", and Christians began using the fish symbol in the first century to represent their faith.

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    The Greek word "ixoye" is an acronym formed from the first letter of five words meaning "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior". Specifically, it comes from the first letters of: Iesous (Jesus), Xristos (Christ), Theou (God), Yios (Son), Sotare (Savior). The word can also be spelled as the Greek word for "fish", and Christians began using the fish symbol in the first century to represent their faith.

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    What Does IXΘYE

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    The Greek word "ixoye" is an acronym formed from the first letter of five words meaning "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior". Specifically, it comes from the first letters of: Iesous (Jesus), Xristos (Christ), Theou (God), Yios (Son), Sotare (Savior). The word can also be spelled as the Greek word for "fish", and Christians began using the fish symbol in the first century to represent their faith.

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    What does IXΘYE (ICHTHIS) mean?

    The word “ixoye” is an acronym comprised of the first letter of five Greek words: Iesous Xristos Theou
    Yios Sotare which means Jesus, Christ, Son of, God, Savior.

    Iesous (Iasoos) is Jesus. The first letter is ‘iota’, Ιησους.

    Xristos (Christos) is Christ. The first letter is ‘chi’, Χριστóς.

    Theou (Theou) is God. The first letter is ‘theta’, Θεοῦ.

    Yios (Huios) is Son. The first letter is ‘upsilon’, Υἱός.

    Sotare (Sotare) is Savior. The first letter is sigma’, Σωτήρ.

    The word is also the Greek word for “fish," icthus, ἰχθύς which when spelled in capital letters in Greek is
    ΙΧΘΥΣ. Remember, Jesus called the fishermen to be fishers of men (Matthew 4:19; Mark 1:17). Jesus
    used the metaphor to represent evangelism in the proclamation of the gospel by which people are
    saved from their sins. Christians began using the fish as a symbol of Christianity in the first century.

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