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I.H.S

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i.e. the Greek IHΣ, meaning IHΣoυζ (Jesus), the long e (H) being mistaken for a capital H, and the dash perverted into a cross. The letters being thus obtained, St. Bernardine of Siena, in 1347, hit upon the Latin anagram, Jesus Homʹinum Salvator. In Greek, Iησoυε ‘Hηετερoζ Σωτηρ. In German, Jesus Heiland Seligmacher. In English, Jesus Heavenly Saviour.

I.H.S. A notarica of Japheth, Ham, Seth, the three sons of Noah, by whom the world was peopled after the Flood.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hysʹteron Protʹeron (Greek)
I
I
I.H.S
I.H.S
I.O.U
I.R.B
Iachimo [Yak-e-mo]
Iago [Yago or E-a-go]
Iambic
Ianthe
Iapetos
Iberia
Iberia’s Pilot