Nezer — H5145

Definition

masculine noun

properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chaplet (especially of royalty)

1. consecration, crown, separation, Nazariteship
1. crown (as sign of consecration), earring
1. stones of a crown, diadem, stones of charming
2. woman's hair
3. consecration
1. of high priest
2. of Nazarite

Usually translated as

crown, separation, consecration, hair

Origin

or nêzer; from H5144

• Derived from Nâzar (H5144)

Greek equivalents

• hágion (G39)
• hagneía (G47)
• hagnismós (G49)

Occurrences

Nezer occurs 25 times in 22 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Leviticus (2), Numbers (10), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (1), Zechariah (1)

• Exodus 29:6 — And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown (נֵ֥זֶר) upon the mitre.
• Exodus 39:30 — And they made the plate of the holy crown (נֵֽזֶר) of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
• Leviticus 8:9 — And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown (נֵ֣זֶר); as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Leviticus 21:12 — Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown (נֵ֠זֶר) of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
• Numbers 6:4 — All the days of his separation (נִזְר֑וֹ) shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
• Numbers 6:5 — All the days of the vow of his separation (נִזְר֔וֹ) there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
• Numbers 6:7 — He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration (נֵ֥זֶר) of his God is upon his head.
• Numbers 6:8 — All the days of his separation (נִזְר֑וֹ) he is holy unto the LORD.
• Numbers 6:9 — And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration (נִזְר֑וֹ); then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
• Numbers 6:12 — And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation (נִזְר֔וֹ), 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.
• Numbers 6:12 — And he shall consecrate 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 (נִזְרֽוֹ) was defiled.
• Numbers 6:13 — And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation (נִזְר֔וֹ) are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
• Numbers 6:18 — And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation (נִזְר֑וֹ) at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
• Numbers 6:18 — And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation (נִזְר֔וֹ), and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
• Numbers 6:19 — And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation (נִזְרֽוֹ) is shaven:
• Numbers 6:21 — This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation (נִזְר֔וֹ), beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.
• Numbers 6:21 — This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation (נִזְרֽוֹ).
• 2 Samuel 1:10 — So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown (הַנֵּ֣זֶר) that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
• 2 Kings 11:12 — And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown (הַנֵּ֙זֶר֙) upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
• 2 Chronicles 23:11 — Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown (הַנֵּ֙זֶר֙), and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
• Psalms 89:39 — Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown (נִזְרֽוֹ) by casting it to the ground.
• Psalms 132:18 — His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown (נִזְרֽוֹ) flourish.
• Proverbs 27:24 — For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown (נֵ֝֗זֶר) endure to every generation?
• Jeremiah 7:29 — Cut off thine hair (נִזְרֵךְ֙), O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
• Zechariah 9:16 — And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown (נֵ֔זֶר), lifted up as an ensign upon his land.