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Lexicon :: Strong's H5139 - nāzîr

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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties of the everlasting hills.[fn]
May they be on the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:11 - That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of itself nor gather the grapes from the undressed vines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite,[fn] to separate himself to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - “And this is the law for the Nazirite, when the time of his separation has been completed: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - And the priest shall take the shoulder of the ram, when it is boiled, and one unleavened loaf out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the hair of his consecration,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20 - and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. They are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed. And after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - “This is the law of the Nazirite. But if he vows an offering to the LORD above his Nazirite vow, as he can afford, in exact accordance with the vow that he takes, then he shall do in addition to the law of the Nazirite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:16 - with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
and the favor of him who dwells in the bush.
May these rest on the head of Joseph,
on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. So then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - And he told her all his heart, and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Her princes were purer than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
the beauty of their form[fn] was like sapphire.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:11 - And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
and some of your young men for Nazirites.
Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:12 - “But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
and commanded the prophets,
saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’
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