IHS

English

Proper noun

IHS

1. (institute, US) Initialism of Institute for Human Studies.
2. (institute, US) Initialism of Institute for Humanist Studies.
3. (service, US) Initialism of Indian Health Service, a US health agency.
4. (Christianity) Monogram of ΙΗϹΟYϹ (IĒSOYS), the Greek form of Jesus.

   Synonyms: IHC, JHC, JHS, YHS

References

• IHS on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -ish, His, Hsi, Ish, Shi, his, ish, shi

German

Noun

IHS

1. (Austria) initialism of Institute für Höhere Studien

References

• IHS on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Latin

Etymology 1

Phrase

IHS

1. initialism of in hōc signō (“in this sign”)

Usage notes

• Commonly seen on Christian churches.

Etymology 2

The reference to Jesus is from the first three letters of Jesus' name in Koine Greek, ΙΗΣΟΥΣ (IĒSOUS), arising perhaps circa 14th century. The interpretation as an initialism of Iēsūs Hominum Salvātor (“Jesus, saviour of men”) is apparently a later back-formation when the Greek was no longer remembered. (See Christogram on Wikipedia.)

Proper noun

IHS m

1. (Christianity) initialism of Iēsūs Hominum Salvātor (“Jesus Savior of Men)”)

Alternative forms

• JHS
• IHC, JHC (representing the medieval Greek form of sigma, Ϲ (S))