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Lexicon :: Strong's H5144 - nāzar

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נָזַר
Transliteration
nāzar
Pronunciation
naw-zar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1340

Strong’s Definitions

נָזַר nâzar, naw-zar'; a primitive root; to hold aloof, i.e. (intransitivey) abstain (from food and drink, from impurity, and even from divine worship (i.e. apostatize)); specifically, to set apart (to sacred purposes), i.e. devote:—consecrate, separate(-ing, self).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H5144 in the following manner: separate... (9x), consecrate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H5144 in the following manner: separate... (9x), consecrate (1x).

  1. to dedicate, consecrate, separate

    1. (Niphal) to dedicate oneself, devote oneself

    2. (Hiphil) to keep sacredly separate

  2. (Hiphil) to be a Nazarite, live as a Nazarite

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָזַר nâzar, naw-zar'; a primitive root; to hold aloof, i.e. (intransitivey) abstain (from food and drink, from impurity, and even from divine worship (i.e. apostatize)); specifically, to set apart (to sacred purposes), i.e. devote:—consecrate, separate(-ing, self).
STRONGS H5144: Abbreviations
[נָזַר] verb dedicate, consecrate, (compare WeSkizzen iii. 118), separate, in relig. and ceremonial sense (Late Hebrew only as denominative, compare II. נזר; Arabic bdb063401 make a vow, compare WeSkizzen iii. 117 f., RSi. 463 f., 2d ed. 482 f.; Sabean נדֿר vow LevyZMG xxii (1868), 196 Min. id., HomSüdar. Chrest. 128; Aramaic bdb063402 נְדַד, vow; Assyrian nazâru, curse DlHWB 457); —
Niph. Imperfect יִנָּזֵר Ezekiel 14:7, וַיִנָּזֵר Leviticus 22:2; וַיִּנָּֽזְרוּ Hosea 9:10; Infinitive absolute הִנָּזֵר Zechariah 7:3; — devote, dedicate oneself unto (ל), הַבּשֶׁת, i.e. Ba`al Hosea 9:10; from (מִן) י׳ Ezekiel 14:7 (of apostasy); hold sacredly aloof from, (מִן) Leviticus 22:2 (H); absolute Zechariah 7:3 consecrating my(self), i.e. by fasting.
Hiph. Perfect מִטֻּמְאָתָם וְהִזֵּרְתֶּם אֶתבְּֿנֵייִֿשׂ׳ Leviticus 15:31 (P) and ye shall keep the sons of Israel sacredly separate from their uncleanness (but read perhaps וְהִזְהַרְתָּם warn away from — as Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 33:8, 9, — so Samaritan Greek Version of the LXX — as to sense — Di Kau). — See also II. [נָזַר].

[נָזַר] verb denominative
Hiph. be a Nazirite, live as Nazirite, followed by מִן (abstaining) from (so Late Hebrew); — only Numbers 6 in law of Nazirite: Perfect וְהִזִּיר לי׳ consecutive Numbers 6:12; Imperfect יַזִּיר לי׳ Numbers 6:5; also מִיַּיִן ֗֗֗ יַזִּיר Numbers 6:3 from wine... he shall abstain as a Nazirite; Infinitive לְהַזּיר לְי׳ Numbers 6:2, כָּלָיְֿמֵי הַזּירוֺ לי׳ Numbers 6:6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

15:31; 22:2; 22:2

Numbers

6:2; 6:3; 6:5; 6:6; 6:12

Ezekiel

3:18; 14:7; 14:7; 33:8; 33:9

Hosea

9:10; 9:10

Zechariah

7:3; 7:3

H5144

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Strong's Number H5144 matches the Hebrew נָזַר (nāzar),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:31 - “Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:2 - “Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they abstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite,[fn] to separate himself to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:3 - he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:5 - “All the days of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the LORD, he shall be holy. He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:6 - “All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:12 - and separate himself to the LORD for the days of his separation and bring a male lamb a year old for a guilt offering. But the previous period shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:7 - For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, I the LORD will answer him myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - Like grapes in the wilderness,
I found Israel.
Like the first fruit on the fig tree
in its first season,
I saw your fathers.
But they came to Baal-peor
and consecrated themselves to the thing of shame,
and became detestable like the thing they loved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:3 - saying to the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts and the prophets, “Should I weep and abstain in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”
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