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Mary's Well, said to be the site of the Annunciation, Nazareth, 1917. Nazarene is a title used to describe people from the city of Nazareth in the New Testament (there is no mention of either Nazareth or Nazarene in the Old Testament), and is a title applied to Jesus, who, according to the New Testament, grew up in Nazareth, [1] a town in Galilee, located in ancient Judea.
Meaning: The Country of Akkad Belshazzar (Son of Nabonidus) (King of Babylonia) Person 585 BC: 539 BC: Babylonian cuneiform: Pronunciation: Bēl-šar-uṣur Meaning: Bel, protect the king Bethlehem (Beth Lehem) (This is the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ. However some scholars believe he was born in Nazareth. See the main article for more ...
The Greek epithet Nazōraios is applied to Jesus 14 times in the New Testament, and is used once in Acts to refer to the sect of Christians of which Paul was a leader. [1] It is traditionally translated as "a man from Nazareth"; the plural Nazōraioi would mean "men from Nazareth".
Nazaret is a variant of Nazareth in many languages and a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Nazaret Daghavarian (1862–1915), Armenian Ottoman doctor, agronomist and public activist, and one of the founders of the Armenian General Benevolent Union; Magno Nazaret (born 1986), Brazilian professional racing cyclist
Oprah Winfrey is a household name,but it turns out "Oprah" is not her real name. A little known fact about the 61-year-old media mogul -- her family wanted to give her a Biblical name, so they ...
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: The World English Bible translates the passage as: Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
As used by Christians, it means "from Nazareth," the town where Jesus Christ was said to have lived. [citation needed] Among Muslims it may also be of Persian, Arabic, or Turkic origin, see article "nazar" for etymology. Nazario is an Italian and Spanish version of the name, Nazaire is a French version and Nazarii is a Ukrainian and Nazaryi ...
Nazareth could have had a population somewhere between 100 and 2000 people in the first century AD, and was quickly overshadowed by Sepphoris, which is only four miles away. [2] Jerome indicates that Nazareth was used in reference to Old Testament verses using the Hebrew word ne'tser (branch), specifically citing Isaiah 11:1. [5]