Strongs Number: H5144
- Hebrew Word
- נָזַר
- Transliteration
- nâzar
- Phonetic
- naw-zar'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to hold {aloof} that {is} (intransitively) abstain (from food and {drink} from {impurity} and even from divine worship (that {is} apostatize)); specifically to set apart (to sacred {purposes}) that {is} devote
- BDB Definition
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1. to dedicate, consecrate, separate
a. (Niphal) to dedicate oneself, devote oneself
b. (Hiphil) to keep sacredly separate
2. (Hiphil) to be a Nazarite, live as a Nazarite
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {consecrate} separate ({-ing} self).