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Lexicon :: Strong's H5139 - nāzîr

Aa
נָזִיר
Transliteration
nāzîr
Pronunciation
naw-zeer'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1340b

Strong’s Definitions

נָזִיר nâzîyr, naw-zeer'; or נָזִר nâzir; from H5144; separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite):—Nazarite (by a false alliteration with Nazareth), separate(-d), vine undressed.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H5139 in the following manner: Nazarite (12x), undressed (2x), separate (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H5139 in the following manner: Nazarite (12x), undressed (2x), separate (2x).

  1. consecrated or devoted one, Nazarite

    1. consecrated one

    2. devotee, Nazarite

    3. untrimmed (vine)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָזִיר nâzîyr, naw-zeer'; or נָזִר nâzir; from H5144; separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite):—Nazarite (by a false alliteration with Nazareth), separate(-d), vine undressed.
STRONGS H5139: Abbreviations
† נָזִיר noun masculineGenesis 49:26 one consecrated, devoted (נזיר י׳ Ecclus 46:13c (of Samuel); compare Syriac bdb063404 RSSemitic i. 463, 2d ed. 483); — נ׳ absolute Numbers 6:2 + 5 times; construct נְזִיר Genesis 49:26 + 4 times; suffix נְזִירֶ֑ךְ Leviticus 25:5; plural נְזִרִים Amos 2:11, 12; suffix נְוִדֶיהָ Leviticus 25:11, נְזִירֶיהָ Lamentations 4:7; —
1. of prince, ruler, as consecrated: נְזִיר אֶחָיו Lam 49:26 (poem in J), one consecrated among his brethren, = Deuteronomy 33:16; compare נְזִירֶיהָ Lamentations 4:7 her princes.
2. specifically of one dedicated to י׳ by vow involving abstinence from intoxicants, from touching corpse, and from cutting hair (compare נֵזֶר 2), devotee (GFM), Nazirite: אֱלּהִים נ׳ God's devotee, of Samson Judges 13:5, 7; Judges 16:17 (exceptionally, from birth); usually voluntary Amos 2:11, 12, and for limited time, compare נֶדֶר נ׳ Numbers 6:2 (of man or woman; compare PeritzJBL xvii (1898), 128), תּוֺרַת נ׳ Numbers 6:13; Numbers 6:21, also Numbers 6:18; Numbers 6:19; Numbers 6:20 (all P; compare also נֵזֶר). — On Naz. see GFMJudges 13:5 DrAmos 2:11, especially GrillJPTh. 1880, 645-680 NowArchaeology ii, § 97 BenzArchaeology 429 f. GrayJThs. Jan. 1900, 201 ff.
3. = untrimmed vine (like Nazirite with unshorn hair) Leviticus 25:5, 11 (H P).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:26; 49:26

Leviticus

25:5; 25:5; 25:11; 25:11

Numbers

6:2; 6:2; 6:13; 6:18; 6:19; 6:20; 6:21

Deuteronomy

33:16

Judges

13:5; 13:5; 13:7; 16:17

Lamentations

4:7; 4:7

Amos

2:11; 2:11; 2:11; 2:12; 2:12

H5139

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5139 matches the Hebrew נָזִיר (nāzîr),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may not be taken off; let it be a year of rest for the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:11 - Let this fiftieth year be the Jubilee: no seed may be planted, and that which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes may not be taken from the uncared-for vines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - Say to the children of Israel, If a man or a woman takes an oath to keep himself separate and give himself to the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - And this is the law for him who is separate, when the necessary days are ended: he is to come to the door of the Tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - Then let his long hair, the sign of his oath, be cut off at the door of the Tent of meeting, and let him put it on the fire on which the peace-offerings are burning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - And the priest will take the cooked leg of the sheep and one unleavened cake and one thin cake out of the basket, and put them on the hands of the separate one after his hair has been cut,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20 - Waving them for a wave offering before the Lord; this is holy for the priest, together with the waved breast and the leg which is lifted up; after that, the man may take wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - This is the law for him who takes an oath to keep himself separate, and for his offering to the Lord on that account, in addition to what he may be able to get; this is the law of his oath, which he will have to keep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:16 - The good things of the earth and all its wealth, the good pleasure of him who was seen in the burning tree: may they come on the head of Joseph, on the head of him who was prince among his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - And opening all his heart to her, he said to her, My head has never been touched by a blade, for I have been separate to God from the day of my birth: if my hair is cut off, then my strength will go from me and I will become feeble, and will be like any other man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Her holy ones were cleaner than snow, they were whiter than milk, their bodies were redder than corals, their form was as the sapphire:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:11 - And some of your sons I made prophets, and some of your young men I made separate for myself. Is it not even so, O children of Israel? says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:12 - But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.
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