נָזִיר
na.zir
“Nazirite”
Definition
separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
or נָזִר; from H5144 (נָזַר);
- consecrated or devoted one, Nazarite 1a) consecrated one 1b) devotee, Nazarite 1c) untrimmed (vine) Also named: ne.zer (*נֵ֫זֶר *": consecration" H5145)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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N:N--TG
Occurrences
נָזִיר appears 16 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I raised up prophets from your sonsand Nazirites from your young men.Is this not true,O children of Israel?”declares the LORD.
The blessings of your father have surpassedthe blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills.May they rest on the head of Joseph,on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you; you are not to sow the land or reap its aftergrowth or harvest the untended vines.
Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair, and put it on the fire under the peace offering.
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