Word

נָזַר

nâzar · H5144 · Hebrew · 10 occurrences

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Meanings

Literally: to separate oneself (from certain things); hence: action by which humans intentionally keep their distance from certain objects (to separate oneself, to keep away (from certain object))

Examples
Leviticus 22:2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD.
to practice abstinence

Literally: to separate oneself (from an activity); hence: action by which humans intentionally do not engage in a certain activity

Examples
Zechariah 7:3 speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the LORD of armies, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month and fast, as I have done these many years?”
to keep away from

Literally: to cause (others) to separate themselves (from certain things); hence: causative action by which humans cause other humans to intentionally not engage in certain activities, such as those that make them ritually unclean

Examples
Leviticus 15:31 “And so you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by their defiling My tabernacle that is among them.”
Literally: to separate oneself (from a deity); hence: action by which humans abandon their loyalty to a deity (to abandon (a deity), to break away (from a deity))

Examples
Ezekiel 14:7 “For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who reside in Israel, who deserts Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts in front of his face the stumbling block of his wrongdoing, and then comes to the prophet to request something of Me for himself, I the LORD will let Myself answer him Myself.
to separate oneself, to consecrate oneself

Action by which humans take an oath to set themselves apart for the service of a deity, and by doing so devote themselves to certain practices, such as avoiding intoxicating drinks, corpses, and cutting their hair

Examples
Numbers 6:2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes a special vow, namely, the vow of a Nazirite, to live as a Nazirite for the LORD,
Numbers 6:3 he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he shall consume no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes.
Numbers 6:5 ‘All the days of his vow of consecration no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled which he lives as a Nazirite for the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

10 occurrences in 5 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 4
Not stated: they 2
Not stated (infinitive) 2
נּוּhe 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בֵּןson 1
יוֹםday, time 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

9 occurrences in 7 groups

לto/for+ יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 4
מִןfrom+ טֻמְאָהuncleanness 1
מִןfrom+ יַיִןwine 1
מִןfrom+ קֹדֶשׁholiness 1
מִןfrom+ שֵׁכָרdate-wine 1
כlike/as+ עָשָׂהto do, to make 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 4 entries

Dissociate002003002009: נָזַר denotes separating oneself, most centrally the Nazirite's vow of separation and the priests' separation from that which would defile them (Leviticus 22:2, Numbers 6:2-5), tying the word to setting oneself apart from something.
Non-Engage002003003012: The domain classification here reflects the abstention entailed in this separation, as the Nazirite abstains from wine, strong drink, and grape products throughout the vow (Numbers 6:3), a withdrawal from ordinary engagement with these things.
Unfaithful002001002027: The domain classification here reflects the word's negative use elsewhere for turning away or apostatizing ("they are estranged/turned away," a use of this root in the prophetic literature), a sense distinct from the positive vowed-separation use sampled in the citations here.
Vow002004001009013: The word is used specifically of undertaking the vow of the Nazirite, as one "vows a vow of a Nazirite" (Numbers 6:2), tying the word to this particular kind of solemn religious commitment.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נָזַרnâzar · H5144נֶזֶר nezer · H5145 · consecration, consecration (of Nazirite) · 25×נָזִיר nâzîyr · H5139 · elect, prince, to separate oneself · 16×מִנְּזָר minnᵉzâr · H4502 · official, officer · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5144. nazar [נָזַר] verb dedicate, consecrate, (compare WeSkizzen iii. 118), separate,…

H5144. nazar
[נָזַר] verb dedicate, consecrate, (compare WeSkizzen iii. 118), separate, in relig. and ceremonial sense (Late Hebrew only as denominative, compare II. נזר; Arabic make a vow, compare WeSkizzen iii. 117 f., RSi. 463 f., 2d ed. 482 f.; Sabean נדֿר vow LevyZMG xxii (1868), 196 Min. id., HomSüdar. Chrest. 128; Aramaic נְדַד, vow; Assyrian nazâru, curse DlHWB 457); —
Niph`al Imperfect יִנָּזֵר Eze 14:7, וַיִנָּזֵר Lev 22:2; וַיִּנָָּֽזְרוּ Hos 9:10; Infinitive absolute הִנָּזֵר Zec 7:3; — devote, dedicate oneself unto (ל), הַבּשֶׁת, i.e. Ba`al Hos 9:10; from (מִן) ׳י Eze 14:7 (of apostasy); hold sacredly aloof from, (מִן) Lev 22:2 (H); absolute Zec 7:3 consecrating my(self ), i.e. by fasting.
Hiph`il Perfect אֶתבְּֿנֵייִֿשׂ ׳וְהִזֵּרְתֶּם מִטֻּמְאָתָם Lev 15:31 (P) and ye shall keep the sons of Israel sacredly separate from their uncleanness (but read perhaps וְהִזְהַרְתָּם warn away from — as Eze 3:18; Eze 33:8-9, — so ᵐ5 ⅏ — as to sense — Di Kau). — See also II. [נָזַר].
[נָזַר] verb denominative Hiph`il be a Nazirite, live as Nazirite, followed by מִן (abstaining) from (so Late Hebrew); — only Numbers 6 in law of Naz.: Perfect לי ׳וְהִזִּיר consecutive Lev 25:12; Imperfect לי ׳יַזִּיר Lev 25:5; also יַזִּיר ֗֗֗ מִיַּיִן Lev 25:3 from wine. . . he shall abstain as a Nazirite; Infinitive לְי ׳לְהַזּיר Lev 25:2, לי הַזּירוֺ ׳כָּלָיְֿמֵי Lev 25:6.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Unfaithful1 occurrence Dissociate1 occurrence Non-Engage2 occurrences Vow6 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0