Definition of "Messias"

I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], John 4:25

I am not one that is suddenly and unexpectedly started forth into the world, but that very Messias who from the beginning of the world was foretold and forepromised to mankind.

1633, Joseph Hall, A paraphrase upon the hard texts of Scripture