Strongs's #5139: naziyr - Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #5139: naziyr (pronounced naw-zeer')

or nazir {naw-zeer'}; from 5144; separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite):--Nazarite (by a false alliteration with Nazareth), separate(-d), vine undressed.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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nâzı̂yr / nâzir

1) consecrated or devoted one, Nazarite

1a) consecrated one
1b) devotee, Nazarite
1c) untrimmed (vine)

Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from H5144

Usage:

This word is used 16 times:

Genesis 49:26: "on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren."
Leviticus 25:5: "neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land."
Leviticus 25:11: "in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed."
Numbers 6:2: "shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:"
Numbers 6:13: "And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought"
Numbers 6:18: " And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,"
Numbers 6:19: "and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:"
Numbers 6:20: "and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine."
Numbers 6:21: "This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for"
Deuteronomy 33:16: "let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren."
Judges 13:5: "for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he"
Judges 13:7: "thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to"
Judges 16:17: "mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb:"
Lamentations 4:7: " Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy"
Amos 2:11: "of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even"
Amos 2:12: "But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy"

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