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Nazarene

Nazarene

8 9.9
An early follower of Jesus of Nazareth
  • noun
  • /ˌnæzəˈrin/
translation icon : nazareno
  • And then Caiaphas approached the Nazarene and said, "In the name of the living God, I entreat you to tell us if you are the messiah, the Christ, the son of God."
  • pastor of a Nazarene

He says before they were called Christians, they were called Essenes or Nazarenes.

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Examples

  • Is this the murderer of the Nazarene?

  • In the New Testament, the term Nazarene is often used to describe followers of Jesus during his ministry.

  • But of course, for us, the man Jesus Nazarene is not God.

  • In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!

    Blog text (8)
  • What would you have me do with Jesus the Nazarene?

  • As you can see, this Nazarene has gained popularity.

  • So, who told you the crucified Nazarene is alive?

  • He's Jesus, the Nazarene troublemaker.

  • Mary's older sister was married to a Nazarene, and her parents hoped to marry their younger daughter to another man of their own tribe.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Many early Christians were called Nazarene because they followed the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.

Compounds

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A man from Nazareth who taught and is the main figure of Christianity

Surface Forms

Nazarene singular
Nazarenes plural

Morphology

Nazarene = Nazareth (semi-transparent) = Nazareth + ene

Derived from Nazareth to denote a follower or member of the early group; the place-based formation is visible but the historical/religious sense (early Christian sect) is specialized.

Etymology

Nazarene as a noun was an early name for followers of Jesus of Nazareth, from the Greek Nazarenos, and many think the town name links to the old Hebrew netzer meaning 'branch'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a Nazarene as a person who followed Jesus of Nazareth.