Strong H5144H5144Aנָזַר
to dedicate
One of the 2 senses of Strong H5144
- Transliteration
- nâzar
- Pronunciation
- naw-zar'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
1) to dedicate, consecrate, separate
1a) (Niphal) to dedicate oneself, devote oneself
1b) (Hiphil) to keep sacredly separate
1a) (Niphal) to dedicate oneself, devote oneself
1b) (Hiphil) to keep sacredly separate
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 H5144A appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- separate3
- separateth1
- ye1
First verses
- Leviticus 15:31Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
- Leviticus 22:2Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves 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.
- Ezekiel 14:7For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself 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 9:10I 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 unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
- Zechariah 7:3And 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, as I have done these so many years?