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G3478 Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth)
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Ναζαρέτ, ἡ Prop.n. Nazareth

Strong's Definition

or Nazaret nad-zar-et'; of uncertain derivation; Nazareth or Nazaret, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Nazareth

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, f. | indeclinable

93.536 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Nazareth a town in the south central part of Galilee

MAT 2:23 · MAT 4:13 · MAT 21:11 · MRK 1:9 · LUK 1:26 · LUK 2:4 · LUK 2:39 · LUK 2:51 · LUK 4:16 · JHN 1:45 · JHN 1:46 · ACT 10:38

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Ναζαρέτ [(so Ree." everywhere; Lehm. also in Mk. 1.9; Lk.ii. 39,51; iv.16; Jn.i.45 (46) sq.; Tdf. in Mk. Gramm. Untersuch. p. 140]; add, W. p. 44; [B. 19 (17)]; Ewald, Gesch. des Volkes Israel ed. 3 p. 119 note), -€ws, 6, Moses, (Itala and Vulg. Moyses), the famous leader and legislator of the Israelites in their migration from Egypt to Palestine. As respects its declension, everywhere in the N. T. the gen. ends in -έως (as if from the nominative Μωῦσεύς), in Sept. -7, as Num. iv. 41, 45, 49, ete. dat. -7 (as in Sept., οἵ. Ex. v. 20; xii. 28; xxiv. 1; Lev. viii. 21, etc.) and -et (for the Mss. and accordingly the editors vary between the two [but TWH - only in Acts vii. 44 (influenced by the Sept. ?), Trin Acts l. ο. and Mk. ix. 4, 5,; L in Acts l. c. and Ro. ix. 15 txt.; see Tdf. Proleg. p. 119; WH. App. p. 1587), Mt. xvii. 4; Mk. ix. 4; Jn. v. 46; ix. 29; Acts vii. 44; Ro. ix. 15; 2 Tim. iii. 8. ace. τῆν (as in Sept.), Acts vi. 11; vii. 35; 1 Co. x. 2; Heb. iii. 3; once -έα, Lk. xvi. 29; ef. [Tdf. and WH. u.s.]; W.§ 10, 1; B.u.s.; [Etym. Magn. 597, 8]. By meton. i. q. the books of Moses: Lk. xvi. 29; xxiv. 27; Acts xv. 21; 2 Co. iii. 15. N 1. 9; Jn.i. 45 (46) sq.; Tr txt.in Lk. i. 26; ii. 4; iv. 16; Jn. i. 45 (46) 54ᾳ.; Trmrg.in Mk. i. 9; Lk. ii. 39, 51; and WH everywhere except in four pass. soon to be mentioned), Ν αἵ αρέθ (so Ree.*" ten times, Rec. six times, T and Tr except in the pass. already given or about to be given; Lin Mt. ii. 23; xxi.11(so WH here); Lk.i. 26; Acts x. 38 (so WH here)), Nafapaé (L in Mt. iv. 13 and Lk. ii. 4, after cod. A but with “little other attestation” (Hort)), Nafapé (Mt.iv.13 T Tr WH; Lk. iv. 16 T WH)], 9, indecl., (and ra Nagapa, Orig. and Jul. African. in Euseb. ἢ. e. 1, 7,14; ef. Keim, Jesu von Naz. i. p. 319 sq. [Eng. trans. ii. p. 16] and ii. p. 421 sq. [Eng. trans. iv. p. 108], who thinks Nazara preferable to the other forms [but see WH. App. p. 1605; Tdf. Proleg. p. 120; Scrivener, Introd. ch. viii. § 5; Alford, Greek Test. vol. i. Proleg. p. 977), Nazareth, a town of lower Galilee, mentioned neither in the O. T., nor by Josephus, nor in the Talmud (unlessit is to be recognized in the appellation 4¥) 13, given there to Jesus Christ). It was built upon a hill, in a very lovely region (cf. Renan, Vie de Jésus, 14™ 64. p. 27 sq. [Wilbour’s trans. (N. Y. 1865) p. 69 sq-; see also Robinson, Researches, ete. ii. 336 sq-]), and was distant from Jerusalem a three days’ journey, from Tiberias eight hours [or less]; it was the home of Jesus (Mt. xiii. 54; Mk. vi. 1); its present name is en Nazirah,a town of from five to six thousand inhabitants (cfNafapnvos Baedeker, Palestine and Syria, p. 859): Mt. ii. 23; iv. 13; xxi. 11; Mk. i. 9; Lk. i. 26; ii. 4, 39, 51; iv. 16; Jn. i. 45 (46) sq.; Acts x. 39. As respects the Hebrew form of the name, it is disputed whether it was ἼΧΣ ‘a sprout’, ‘shoot ’, (so, besides others, Hengstenberg, Christol. des A. T. ii. 124 sq.[Eng. trans. ii. 106 sq.]; but ef. Gueseler in the Stud. u. Krit. for 1831, p. 588 sq.), or ΤῊΝ) ‘ protectress’, ‘guard’, (cf. 2 Κα. xvii. 9; so Keim ἃ. s.) or N7¥) ‘sentinel’ (so Delitzsch in the Zeitschr. f. Luth. Theol. for 1876, p. 401), or ΠΧ) ‘watch-tower’ (so Ewald in the Gotting. gelehrt. Anzeigen for 1867, p. 1602 sq.). Fora further account of the town ef. Robinson, as above, pp- 333-343; Vobler, Nazareth in Paliistina. Berl. 1868; [Hackett in B. 1). 5. v. Nazareth ].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Ναζαρά Nazara 2x

see Ναζαρέθ, Mt. 4:13; Lk. 4:16*. See PhotoGuide.

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ναζαρά

(Mt 4:13—L, -άθ—Lk 4:16), Ναζαρέθ (Mt 21:11, Ac 10:38), Ναζαρέτ (so always Rec.; WH, in foll, instances, where -έθ, T), ἡ, indecl. (Semitic form uncertain),

Nazareth: Mt 2:23, Mk 1:9, Lk 1:26 2:4, 39, 51, Jo 1:45, 46.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Ναζαρέτ. On the form of this proper noun see Burkitt Syrtac Forms, pp. 16, 28f., and cf. 77S xiv. p. 475 f., Moulton Gy. ii. p- 107 f.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Ναζαρέθ, Ναζαρά (Nazareth, Nazara) — Nazareth. Ναζαρά (Mat.4:13­ L, -άθ­Luk.4:16) Ναζαρέθ (Mat.21:11, Act.10:38), Ναζαρέτ (so always Rec.; WH, in foll, instances, where -έθ, T), ἡ, indecl. (Semitic form uncertain), Nazareth: Mat.2:23, Mrk.1:9, Luk.1:26 2:4, 39 2:51, Jhn.1:45-46.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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