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H5144 נָזַר (nâzar) naw-zar'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

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

KJV Usage: consecrate, separate(-ing, self)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נָזַר (na.zar) — to dedicate. 1) to dedicate, consecrate, separate 1a) (Niphal) to dedicate oneself, devote oneself 1b) (Hiphil) to keep sacredly separate

נָזַר (na.zar) — be a Nazarite. (Hiphil) to be a Nazarite, live as a Nazarite

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · נָזִיר · נֵזֶר

Dissociate | verb nif

to separate oneself, to keep away (from certain object) literally: to separate oneself (from certain things); hence: = action by which humans intentionally keep their distance from certain objects

LEV 22:2

Non-Engage | verb nif

to practice abstinence literally: to separate oneself (from an activity); hence: = action by which humans intentionally do not engage in a certain activity

ZEC 7:3

Non-Engage | verb hif

to keep away from literally: to cause (others) to separate themselves (from certain things); hence: = causative action by which humans cause other humans to intentionally not engage in certain activities, such as those that make them ritually unclean

LEV 15:31

Unfaithful | verb nif

to abandon (a deity), to break away (from a deity) literally: to separate oneself (from a deity); hence: = action by which humans abandon their loyalty to a deity

EZK 14:7

Vow | verb hif, verb nif

to separate oneself, to consecrate oneself = action by which humans take an oath to set themselves apart for the service of a deity, and by doing so devote themselves to certain practices, such as avoiding intoxicating drinks, corpses, and cutting their hair

NUM 6:2 · NUM 6:3 · NUM 6:5 · NUM 6:6 · NUM 6:12 · HOS 9:10

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[נָזַר] vb. dedicate, consecrate, separate, in relig. and ceremonial sense Niph. devote, dedicate oneself unto

Hiph. and ye shale keep the sons of Isr. sacredly separate from their uncleanness

base

[נָזַר] vb. denom. Hiph. be a Nazarite, live as a Nazarite;—only Nu 6 in law of Naz. base

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