Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- See Saint Bartholomew.
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- proper n. An Apostle in the Gospel of John; usually identified with Bartholomew.
- proper n. A male given name; more common in the form Nathaniel.
Etymologies
Examples
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Not certainly from reluctance to believe, but as in Nathanael (see on [1921] Joh 1: 46) from mere dread of mistake in so vital a matter.
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Nathanael is much surprised at this, upon which Christ gives him a further proof of his omnisciency, and a kind memorial of his former devotion.
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Nathanael is mentioned as one of them, whom we have not met with since, ch. i.
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"You evidently did not think I was my real self, or you would not have been going to pass me by; I-- that is, _we_" --- at the word Nathanael's wife cast off her shyness, and grew bravely dignified -- "we came back to
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Compare the order wherein the disciples are called (John 1) with the order wherein they are for the most part reckoned, and you will find Bartholomew falling in at the same place with Nathanael: so that one may think he was the same with him: called Nathanael by his own name, and
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One of them was called Nathanael and was later the bridegroom at Cana.
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But Philip went to a friend of his, a very good man called Nathanael, also called Bartholomew, and he told him that he had found Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, and begged him to come and see Him.
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Among these brethren, many of whom were priests, Feneberg was called Nathanael and his two assistants Markus and Silas.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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"I am called Nathanael -- it is an old family name -- Nathanael Locke Harper."
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It is practically certain, however, that he is the man called Nathanael in John's Gospel -- the one whom Christ designated as "an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile." [
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