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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Nativity of Christ

The birth of our Lord took place at the time and place predicted by the prophets (Genesis 49:10; Isaiah 7:14; Jeremiah 31:15; Micah 5:2; Haggai 2:6-9; Dan. 9:24, 25). Joseph and Mary were providentially led to go up to Bethlehem at this period, and there Christ was born (Matthew 2:1, 6; Luke 2:1, 7). The exact year or month or day of his birth cannot, however, now be exactly ascertained. We know, however, that it took place in the "fulness of the time" (Galatians 4:4), i.e., at the fittest time in the world's history. Chronologists are now generally agreed that the year 4 before the Christian era was the year of Christ's nativity, and consequently that he was about four years old in the year 1 A.D.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.

2. (n.) A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born.

3. (n.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

NATIVITY, OF MARY, GOSPEL OF THE

na-tiv'-i-ty.

See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.

Greek

1083. gennesis -- birth.
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: gennesis Phonetic Spelling:
(ghen'-nay-sis) Short Definition: nativity, birth Definition: nativity, birth. ...
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1078. genesis -- origin, birth
... origin, birth, genealogy. From the same as genea; nativity; figuratively, nature --
generation, nature(-ral). see GREEK genea. (genesei) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4351. mekurah -- origin
... birth, habitation, nativity. Or mkorah {mek-o-raw'}; from the same as kuwr in the
sense of dipping; origin (as if a mine) -- birth, habitation, nativity. ...
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4138. moledeth -- kindred, birth, offspring
... From yalad; nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country;
also offspring, family -- begotten, born, issue, kindred, native(-ity). ...
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Library

The Nativity
... ST. MATTHEW Chaps. I to VIII THE NATIVITY. 'Now the birth ... 1.18-25. Matthew's
account of the Nativity sets Joseph in the foreground. His ...
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The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary
The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary. <. The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary
Unknown. Alexander Walker, Esq. (Translator) Table of Contents. Title Page. ...
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The Nativity
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CXXVII THE NATIVITY. Thou cam'st from Heaven
to Earth, that we Might go from Earth to Heaven with Thee: ...
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The Nativity
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First XXVIII THE NATIVITY. B. Jonson. I sing
the Birth was born to-night,. The Author both of life and light; ...
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The Nativity
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CXC THE NATIVITY. 'Shepherds, rejoice,
lift up your eyes, And send your fears away; News ...
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Hymns on the Nativity. Hymn i. This is the Day that Gladdened Them ...
... Hymns on the Nativity. Hymn I. This is the day that gladdened them, the
Prophets, Kings, and Priests, for in it were their words ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymns on the nativity hymn.htm

On the Feast of the Nativity, vi.
... On the Feast of the Nativity, VI. On the Feast of the Nativity, VI. I. Christmas
morning is the most appropriate time for thoughts on the Nativity. ...
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Christ's Nativity
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First I CHRIST'S NATIVITY. W. Dunbar. Now gladdeth
every living creáture,. With bliss and comfortable gladnéss,. ...
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On the Feast of the Nativity, I.
... Sermons. Sermon XXI. On the Feast of the Nativity, I. On the Feast of the
Nativity, I. I. All share in the joy of Christmas. Our ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/sermon xxi on the feast.htm

Appendix vii. On the Date of the Nativity of Our Lord
... APPENDIX VII. ON THE DATE OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD. (Vol. ... The accord of this with
our reckoning of the date of the Nativity has been shown in vol. ip264. ...
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Thesaurus

Nativity (9 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Nativity of Christ. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NATIVITY,
OF MARY, GOSPEL OF THE. na-tiv'-i-ty. See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS. ...
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Natives (6 Occurrences)
... with pendant turbans upon their heads, all of them captains to look upon, the likeness
of the sons of Babylon, even of Chaldea, the land of their nativity. ...
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Native (35 Occurrences)
... Genesis 24:7 The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and
from the land of my nativity, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me ...
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Nation (192 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Family; lineage. 4. (n.) One of the divisions of university students in
a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe. ...
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Bethlehem (49 Occurrences)
... There is a church still existing, built by Constantine the Great (AD 330), called
the "Church of the Nativity," over a grotto or cave called the "holy crypt ...
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Gospels
... SUPPLEMENTARY OR LEGENDARY GOSPELS 1. Gospels of the Nativity (a) Protevangelium
of James (b) Pseudo-Matthew (c) The Nativity of Mary (d) Gospel of Joseph the ...
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Wast (84 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not
cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted ...
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Husband (154 Occurrences)
... 42). (1) Before the Nativity. ... shepherds. The latter took place immediately
after the Nativity (compare Luke 2:11, 15, 16, "is born.... ...
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Knewest (11 Occurrences)
... thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how
thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art ...
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Nationality (5 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or
government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc. ...
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Bible Concordance

Nativity (9 Occurrences)

Genesis 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Genesis 24:7 Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land. He will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.
(See JPS ASV DBY)

Genesis 31:13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.
(See JPS ASV)

Ruth 2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 46:16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 16:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 16:4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 21:30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
(KJV WBS)

Ezekiel 23:15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Nativity

Related Terms

Natives (6 Occurrences)

Native (35 Occurrences)

Nation (192 Occurrences)

Bethlehem (49 Occurrences)

Gospels

Wast (84 Occurrences)

Husband (154 Occurrences)

Knewest (11 Occurrences)

Nationality (5 Occurrences)