noun · masculine
nazōraios
Strong’sG3480
Nazarene
stem nazōrai-13 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Nazarene — a term meaning a person from, or associated with, Nazareth 1234. By extension, the same word was also used to mean a Christian 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G3480 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnad-zo-rah'-yos
a Nazoræan, i.e. inhabitant of Nazareth; by extension, a Christian
Fromfrom G3478;
King JamesNazarene, of Nazareth.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(= -ρηνός, which see),
a Nazarene:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | nazōraios5×Ναζωραῖος | nazōraiois |
| object accusative | nazōraion3×Ναζωραῖον | nazōraioin |
| direct address vocative | nazōraior | nazōraioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | nazōraiou4×Ναζωραίου | nazōraioiu1×Ναζωραίων |
| to, for dative | nazōraio | nazōraioi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
nazōraio is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
13 occurrences, every one of them listed
nazōraios“of Nazareth”subjectnominative singular5×
Matthew 2:23… tem legirantem dia toiu profētoiu hoti Nazōraios kaliti.… prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
Luke 18:37apangelala de auto hoti Iēsus tos Nazōraios parerchotō.“Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.
John 19:19… staurou; ate de graforēntem; Iēsus tos Nazōraios tos basilevos toiu Ioudaioiu.… on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Acts 6:14… gar autou legarōntou hoti Iēsus tos Nazōraios houtos kataluati ton topon houton kai …… have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change …
Acts 22:8… pros min; Mis amō Iēsus tos Nazōraios hon sis diōkasō.… Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
nazōraion“of Nazareth”objectaccusative singular3×
John 18:5apokrinila auto; Iēsun ton Nazōraion. legatō autoi; Mis amō. stēatelē de …“Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. Jesus said, “I am …
John 18:7… zētavō? tois de legala; Iēsun ton Nazōraion.… again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
Acts 2:22… akouavar toin logoin houtoin. Iēsun ton Nazōraion, andron apodeikorēnton apo tou theou eis …… Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God …
nazōraiou“of Nazareth”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Matthew 26:71… ekei; Houtos ate meta Iēsu tou Nazōraiou;… there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
Acts 3:6… en te onome Iēsu Christou tou Nazōraiou peripatasōr.… In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
Acts 4:10… en te onome Iēsu Christou tou Nazōraiou, hon vis staurava, hon tos theos …… by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God …
Acts 26:9… miauto pros tem onomem Iēsu tou Nazōraiou darō polleim enantieim prassara;… to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
nazōraioiu“Nazarenes”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 24:5… tan oikoumenan prōtostaton tē tau toiu Nazōraioiu hairesiau,… ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,