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nazarene

nazarene


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nazarene  \Naz`a*rene"\,  n.  [L.  Nazarenus,  Gr  ?,  fr  ? 
  Nazareth.] 
  1.  A  native  or  inhabitant  of  Nazareth;  --  a  term  of  contempt 
  applied  to  Christ  and  the  early  Christians. 
 
  2.  (Eccl.  Hist.)  One  of  a  sect  of  Judaizing  Christians  in  the 
  first  and  second  centuries,  who  observed  the  laws  of 
  Moses,  and  held  to  certain  heresies. 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Nazarene 
  This  epithet  (Gr.  Nazaraios)  is  applied  to  Christ  only  once 
  (Matt.  2:23).  In  all  other  cases  the  word  is  rendered  "of 
  Nazareth"  (Mark  1:24;  10:47;  14:67,  etc.).  When  this  Greek 
  designation  was  at  first  applied  to  our  Lord,  it  was  meant 
  simply  to  denote  the  place  of  his  residence.  In  course  of  time 
  the  word  became  a  term  of  reproach.  Thus  the  word  Nazarene" 
  carries  with  it  an  allusion  to  those  prophecies  which  speak  of 
  Christ  as  "despised  of  men"  (Isa.  53:3).  Some  however,  think 
  that  in  this  name  there  is  an  allusion  to  the  Hebrew  _netser_, 
  which  signifies  a  branch  or  sprout.  It  is  so  applied  to  the 
  Messiah  (Isa.  11:1),  i.e.,  he  whom  the  prophets  called  the 
  _Netse_,  the  "Branch." 
 
  The  followers  of  Christ  were  called  "the  sect  of  Nazarenes" 
  (Acts  24:5).  All  over  Palestine  and  Syria  this  name  is  still 
  given  to  Christians.  (See  {NAZARETH}.)