A name-title given in Isa. 7: 14 and Isa. 8: 8 as a sign of God's deliverance. Alluded to in Micah 5: 2-3. Specifically identified by Matthew (Matt. 1: 18-25) as a prophecy of Jesus' birth into mortality. It signifies that Christ as God will be born into mortality of a virgin and will be among the people to save and redeem them. This prophecy received its fulfillment in Christ. The name appears in latter-day revelation in 2 Ne. 17: 14; 2 Ne. 18: 8; D&C 128: 22.