Strong H5144H5144Bנָזַר
be a Nazarite
One of the 2 senses of Strong H5144
- Transliteration
- nâzar
- Pronunciation
- naw-zar'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
(Hiphil) to be a Nazarite, live as a Nazarite
General definition
A primitive root; 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: - {consecrate} separate ({-ing} self).
In the Bible
Strong H5144B appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- separateth2
- separate2
- consecrate1
First verses
- Numbers 6:2Speak 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 themselves unto the Lord:
- Numbers 6:3He shall separate 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 6:5All 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 himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
- Numbers 6:6All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.
- Numbers 6:12And 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 was defiled.