Nazareth · Nazareth

What it means

Nazareth (Ναζαρέθ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Nazareth”.

The village in Galilee where Jesus grew up.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Nazareth

  Today: Nazareth (An-Nasira), Israel

  A town in lower Galilee, about 15 miles (25 km) west of the Sea of Galilee.

  The angel told Mary about Jesus' birth there (Luke 1:26), and Jesus grew up there (Luke 2:39). He read from Isaiah in its synagogue (Luke 4:16).

  Luke 1:26Luke 2:39Luke 4:16Mark 1:9

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×5
• John×2
• Acts×1

• Matthew 2:23

  and he came and settled in a town called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

• Matthew 4:13

  And leaving Nazareth, he came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,

• Matthew 21:11

  And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, the one from Nazareth of Galilee.”

• Mark 1:9

  And it happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was immersed in the Jordan by John.

• Luke 1:26

  And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth,

• Luke 2:4

  And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

• Luke 2:39

  And when they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town, Nazareth.

• Luke 2:51

  And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.

• Luke 4:16

  And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and according to his custom he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.

• John 1:45

  Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, “We have found the one of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets wrote: Jesus son of Joseph, the one from Nazareth.”

• John 1:46

  And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip says to him, “Come and see.”

• Acts 10:38

  Jesus from Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.