Ναζαρέτ ((so Rec.st everywhere; Lachmann also in Mar_1:9; Luk_2:39; Luk_2:51; Luk_4:16; Joh_1:45 f (46f); Tdf. in Mar_1:9; Joh_1:45 f (46f); Tr text in Luk_1:26; Luk_2:4; Luk_4:16; Joh_1:45 f (46f); Tr marginal reading in Mar_1:9; Luk_2:39; Luk_2:51; and WH everywhere except in four passages soon to be mentioned), Ναζαρέθ (so Rec.elz ten times, Rec.bez six times, T and Tr except in the passages already given or about to be given; L in Mat_2:23; Mat_21:11 (so WH here); Luk_1:26; Act_10:38 (so WH here)), Ναζαραθ (L in Mat_4:13 and Luk_2:4, after codex Delta but with little other attestation (Hort)), Ναζαρά (Mat_4:13 T Tr WH; Luk_4:16 T WH)), ἡ, indeclinable, (and τά Ναζαρά, Origen and Julianus Africanus in Eusebius, h. e. 1, 7, 14; cf. Keith, Jesu von Naz. i., p. 319f. (English translation, ii., p. 16) and ii., p. 421f. (English translation, iv., p. 108), who thinks Nazara preferable to the other forms (but see WHs Appendix, p. 160{a} ; Tdf. Proleg., p. 120; Scrivener, Introduction, chapter viii. § 5; Alford, Greek Testament, vol. i. Proleg., p. 97)), Nazareth, a town of lower Galilee, mentioned neither in the O. T., nor by Josephus, nor in the Talmud (unless it is to be recognized in the appellation πΕφΖψ αΖΜο, given there to Jesus Christ). It was built upon a hill, in a very lovely region (cf. Renan, Vie de Jesus, 14{me} edition, p. 27f. (Wilbour's translation (N. Y. 1865), pp. 69ff; see also Robinson, Researches, etc. ii., 336f)), and was distant from Jerusalem a three days' journey, from Tiberias eight hours (or less); it was the home of Jesus (Mat_13:54; Mar_6:1); its present name is en Nazirah, a town of from five to six thousand inhabitants (cf. Baedeker, Palestine and Syria, p. 359): Mat_2:23; Mat_4:13; Mat_21:11; Mar_1:9; Luk_1:26; Luk_2:4; Luk_2:39; Luk_2:51; Luk_4:16; Joh_1:45 f (46f); Act_10:39. As respects the Hebrew form of the name, it is disputed whether it was πΕφΖψ 'a sprout', 'shoot' (so, besides others, Hengstenberg, Christol. des A. T. ii., 124f. (English translation, ii., 106f); but cf. Gieseler in the Studien und Kritiken for 1831, p. 588f), or πΙφΐψΘδ, 'protectress', 'guard' (cf. 2Ki_17:9; so Keim, as above), or πΔφΖψΖϊ, 'sentinel' (so Delitzsch in the Zeitschr. f. Luth. Theol. for 1876, p. 401), or πΐφΙψΖϊ 'watch-tower' (so Ewald in the Götting. gelehrt. Anzeigen for 1867, p. 1602f). For a further account of the town cf. Robinson, as above, pp. 333-343; Tobler, Nazareth in Palästina. Berl. 1868; (Hackett in B. D. under the word ).

Ναζαρά Nazara 2x see Ναζαρέθ , Mat_4:13 ; Luk_4:16 *. See PhotoGuide. Ναζαρέθ Nazareth 6x an indecl. form, Nazareth, is spelled Ναζαρέτ (4x) and Ναζαρά (2x). See PhotoGuide.

Ναζαρά ( Mat_4:13\- L , -άθ\- Luk_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 , Mar_1:9 , Luk_1:26 ; Luk_2:4 ; Luk_2:39 ; Luk_2:51 , Joh_1:45-46 .†

Ναζαρέτ / Ναζαρέθ [page 422] On the form of this proper noun see Burkitt Syriac Forms , pp. 16, 28 f., and cf. JTS xiv. p. 475 f., Moulton Gr. ii. p. 107 f.

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.† (AS)