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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 separate the children of Yisra'el from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:2 - "Tell Aharon and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Yisra'el, which they make holy to me, and that they 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 children of Yisra'el, and tell them: When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazir, 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 of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes 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 there shall no razor come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to the LORD. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the 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 - He shall separate to the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:7 - For everyone of the house of Yisra'el, or of the strangers who sojourn in Yisra'el, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - I found Yisra'el like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; But they came to Ba`al-Pe`or, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing, And became abominable like that which they loved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:3 - and to speak to the Kohanim of the house of the LORD of Hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?"
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