Nazarene
pronunciation
How to pronounce Nazarene in British English:
UK [næzəˈri:n]
How to pronounce Nazarene in American English:
US [ˈneˌse]
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- Noun:
- a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they
- an early name for any Christian
- an inhabitant of Nazareth
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the Nazarenes or their religion
- of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants
Word Origin
- Nazarene (n.)
- c. 1200, "holy man;" early 13c., "a native or resident of Nazareth," childhood home of Jesus, from Late Latin Nazarenus, from Greek Nazarenos, from Hebrew Natzerath. As an adjective from late 13c. As "a follower of Jesus" from late 14c. In Talmudic Hebrew notzri, literally "of Nazareth," meant "a Christian;" likewise Arabic Nasrani (plural Nasara). In Christian use, however, it can be a nickname for Jesus, or refer to an early Jewish Christian sect (1680s in English), or, in modern use, to a member of the Church of the Nazarene, a U.S.-based Protestant denomination (1898 in this sense).
Example
- 1. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets : " he will be called a nazarene . "
- 2. 7 And they told him that jesus the nazarene was passing by .
- 3. It was written , jesus the nazarene , the king of the jews .
- 4. 7 And seeing peter warming himself , she looked at him and said , you also were with the nazarene , jesus .
- 5. 23 And he came and settled in a city called nazareth , so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled , he shall be called a nazarene .