Nazareth, Nazara names the Galilean city identified as Jesus’ upbringing, departure point, and place of return in the cited passages.

The term consistently functions as a place name: a city of Galilee, named as a point of departure, return, arrival, upbringing, and identification with Jesus in the supplied verses.

1. Place name for a city in Galilee · dominant

   The noun identifies a city: in Luke 1:26 the APB renders Gabriel's destination as "a city of Galilee named Nazareth," while Luke 2:39 describes a return "to their own city, Nazareth." In Matthew 4:13 it marks the place left behind before arrival near Capernaum; Luke 4:16 connects the arrival there with where Jesus had been brought up. Genitive forms also identify origin or association in Luke 2:4, Matthew 21:11, and Acts 10:38.

   Luke 1:26Luke 2:39Matthew 4:13Luke 4:16Luke 2:4Acts 10:38

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as "Nazareth" in location and movement clauses, including "from the city of Nazareth," "to their own city, Nazareth," and "he came to Nazareth." These phrases show the verse-level presentation, not a word-by-word alignment.