נֵצֶר
neser (nēṣer)
/NAY-tser/
“branch, green shoot (Nazarene wordplay)”
Green sprout, shoot from roots; Isaiah 11:1 ('and a Branch shall grow out of his roots'), linguistic root underlying Matthew 2:23 ('He shall be called a Nazarene').
Lexical & Etymological Analysis
Root & Derivation
From נָצַר (H5341) in sense of greenness/guarding.
Traditional English Renderings (KJV/AV)
branch
Septuagint (LXX) & New Testament Conceptual Bridges
Cross-Testament BridgeHow this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.
LXX conceptual translation: נֵצֶר (branch, green shoot (Nazarene wordplay)) -> G3480
Key Biblical Occurrences (4)
Foundational passages where נֵצֶר (neser) carries significant theological or narrative weight.