What does Ἰησοῦς · Ναζωραῖος · βασιλεύς · Ἰουδαῖος mean in the Bible?
Ἰησοῦς · Ναζωραῖος · βασιλεύς · Ἰουδαῖος is a Greek phrase meaning "Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews".
Greek · G2424, G3480, G935, G2453
Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites · a Nazoræan, i.e. inhabitant of Nazareth; by extension, a Christian · a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively) · Judæan, i.e. belonging to Jehudah
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ἸησοῦςG2424Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
PronunciationIēsoûs
Open lexicon entry →ΝαζωραῖοςG3480a Nazoræan, i.e. inhabitant of Nazareth; by extension, a Christian
PronunciationNazōraîos
Open lexicon entry →βασιλεύςG935a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)
Pronunciationbasileús
Sovereign ruler holding absolute authority; applied to God, Christ, earthly monarchs, and Roman emperors throughout NT.
Open lexicon entry →ἸουδαῖοςG2453Judæan, i.e. belonging to Jehudah
PronunciationIoudaîos
Open lexicon entry →What does Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων (Iēsous ho Nazōraios ho basileus tōn Ioudaiōn) mean in the Bible?
Ἰησοῦς · Ναζωραῖος · βασιλεύς · Ἰουδαῖος is a Greek phrase meaning "Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews".
Full entry for Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων (G2424, G3480, G935, G2453) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2424, G3480, G935, G2453?
G2424, G3480, G935, G2453 is connected to 906 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews
Source Gloss
Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns5Aligned forms906Case patternNominative (456)Number patternSingular (906)
Nominative · Singular · MasculineMatt 1:16 · Matt 3:13 · Matt 3:15 · Matt 3:16 · Matt 4:1 · Matt 4:7 · Matt 4:10 · Matt 4:17 · Matt 7:28 · Matt 8:4 · Matt 8:10 · Matt 8:13 · Matt 8:14 · Matt 8:18 · Matt 8:20 · Matt 8:22456×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineMatt 1:1 · Matt 1:18 · Matt 2:1 · Matt 14:1 · Matt 26:6 · Matt 26:51 · Matt 26:59 · Matt 26:69 · Matt 26:71 · Matt 26:75 · Matt 27:1 · Matt 27:58 · Mark 1:1 · Mark 5:21 · Mark 5:27 · Mark 14:55220×
Dative · Singular · MasculineMatt 8:34 · Matt 9:10 · Matt 9:27 · Matt 14:12 · Matt 15:1 · Matt 17:4 · Matt 17:19 · Matt 18:1 · Matt 21:27 · Matt 26:17 · Matt 26:49 · Matt 27:55 · Matt 27:57 · Mark 2:15 · Mark 9:4 · Mark 9:592×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineMatt 1:21 · Matt 1:25 · Matt 14:29 · Matt 17:8 · Matt 26:4 · Matt 26:50 · Matt 26:57 · Matt 27:16 · Matt 27:17 · Matt 27:20 · Matt 27:22 · Matt 27:26 · Matt 27:27 · Matt 27:54 · Matt 28:5 · Mark 5:6128×
Vocative · Singular · MasculineMark 1:24 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 10:47 · Luke 4:34 · Luke 8:28 · Luke 17:13 · Luke 18:38 · Luke 23:42 · Acts 7:59 · Rev 22:2010×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.