Ναζαρέτ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ναζαρά (Nazará), Ναζαράθ (Nazaráth), Ναζαράτ (Nazarát), Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth)

Etymology

From Aramaic נָצְרַת or Biblical Hebrew נָצְרַת‎ (Nāzərát).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /na.zaˈret/ → /na.zaˈret/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /na.zaˈret/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /na.zaˈret/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /na.zaˈret/

Proper noun

Νᾱζᾰρέτ • (Nāzarét) f (indeclinable)

1. Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus

Inflection

Declension of ἡ Νᾱζᾰρέτ; τῆς Νᾱζᾰρέτ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νᾱζᾰρέτ hē Nāzarét
Genitive	τῆς Νᾱζᾰρέτ tês Nāzarét
Dative	τῇ Νᾱζᾰρέτ têi Nāzarét
Accusative	τὴν Νᾱζᾰρέτ tḕn Nāzarét
Vocative	Νᾱζᾰρέτ Nāzarét
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ναζαρέτ (Nazarét), Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth), Νάζαραl (Názaral), Νατσέρετ (Natséret) — rare
• → Latin: Nāzareth

Usage notes

The many variants seem to be used indiscriminately, with single authors using a different word to refer to the same place without any immediately discernible difference in meaning.

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3478 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• Nazareth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Greek

Alternative forms

• Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth), Νάζαραl (Názaral), Νατσέρετ (Natséret) — rare

Proper noun

Ναζαρέτ • (Nazarét) f (indeclinable)

1. Nazareth

Related terms

• Ναζαρηνός m (Nazarinós, “Nazarene”)

Further reading

• Ναζαρέτ on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el