Nâzar — H5144

Definition

verb

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

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

Usually translated as

separate, consecrate, separating

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• hagiázō (G37)
• hagnízō (G48)
• apallotrióō (G526)
• eulabḗs (G2126)
• euchḗ (G2171)
• eúchomai (G2172)
• proséchō (G4337)

Occurrences

Nâzar occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (2), Numbers (5), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1), Zechariah (1)

• Leviticus 15:31 — Thus shall ye separate (וְהִזַּרְתֶּ֥ם) the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
• Leviticus 22:2 — Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves (וְיִנָּֽזְרוּ֙) from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
• Numbers 6:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate (לְהַזִּ֖יר) themselves unto the LORD:
• Numbers 6:3 — He shall separate (יַזִּ֔יר) himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
• Numbers 6:5 — All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth (יַזִּ֤יר) himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
• Numbers 6:6 — All the days that he separateth (הַזִּיר֖וֹ) himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
• Numbers 6:12 — And he shall consecrate (וְהִזִּ֤יר) unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
• Ezekiel 14:7 — For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself (וְיִנָּזֵ֣ר) from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
• Hosea 9:10 — I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves (וַיִּנָּֽזְרוּ֙) unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
• Zechariah 7:3 — And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself (הִנָּזֵ֕ר), as I have done these so many years?