נֶזֶר
nezer · H5145 · Hebrew · 25 occurrences
Thing
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Meanings
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consecration
State in which humans have been set apart for the service of God
ExamplesLeviticus 21:12 nor shall he leave the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD.
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State in which humans have set themselves apart for the service of God, and by doing so have devoted themselves to avoid intoxicating drinks, corpses, and cutting their hair (consecration (of Nazirite))
ExamplesNumbers 6:4 ‘All the days of his consecration he shall not eat anything that is produced from the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.
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.
Numbers 6:7 ‘He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his consecration to God is on his head.
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locks of hair
Long locks of human hair, symbolizing a state of consecration to God
ExamplesJeremiah 7:29 ‘Cut off your hair and throw it away, And take up a song of mourning on the bare heights; For the LORD has rejected and forsaken The generation of His wrath.’
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crown or diadem
A circular or semi-circular ornamental headdress, usually made of precious metals and decorated with jewels, worn by kings and priests as a symbol of authority and status
ExamplesExodus 29:6 and you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban.
Exodus 39:30 They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and inscribed it like the engravings of a signet, “Holy to the LORD.”
Leviticus 8:9 He also placed the turban on his head, and on the turban, at its front, he placed the golden plate, the holy crown, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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reign, authority
Literally: crown, diadem; hence: state in which humans are in a position of authority
ExamplesPsalm 89:39 You have repudiated the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown in the dust.
Psalm 132:18 “I will clothe his enemies with shame, But upon himself his crown will gleam.”
Proverbs 27:24 For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
20 occurrences in 5 groups
- הוּhis 14
- קֹדֶשׁholiness 3
- אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1
- שֶׁמֶןoil 1
- ךְyour 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צִיץblossom 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- טָמֵאto become unclean 1
- צוּץto blossom 1
What is done to itIt is the object
7 occurrences in 5 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 3
- גַּזָזto shear 1
- גָּלַחto shave (oneself) 1
- חָלַלto profane, to begin 1
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
What it is said to bePredicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- דּוֹרgeneration 2
- רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1
- וֹhim 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
11 occurrences in 6 groups
- יוֹםday, time 4
- רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 3
- נֶדֶרvow 1
- צִיץblossom 1
- אֶבֶןstone 1
- תּוֹרָהlaw, instruction 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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Near synonyms 1 word
- חֵרֶם chêrem · H2764 · dragnet, something devoted to God, something devoted for destruction
- Both denote ritual setting-apart from common use; חֵרֶם (chêrem, H2764) typically for destruction/ban, נֶזֶר (nezer, H5145) for holiness/Nazirite vow.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Dissociate002003002009
- The domain classification here reflects the word's underlying sense of consecrated separation, the same root idea carried by the related verb נָזַר (nâzar, H5144), as the high priest's consecration sets him apart for holy service (Leviticus 21:12).
- People001001003
- The word's association with the consecrated status of the high priest or the Nazirite (Numbers 6:4, Leviticus 21:12) ties it to the person set apart and bearing this consecrated status.
- Clothing001003001001002
- נֶזֶר denotes the golden crown or plate worn on the high priest's turban, inscribed "Holy to the LORD" (Exodus 29:6, 39:30, Leviticus 8:9), identifying it as a piece of sacred headwear.
- Control002003002007
- The domain classification here reflects the word's broader use for a royal crown, a symbol of ruling authority worn by a king, distinct from the priestly consecration-crown sense sampled in the citations here.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5145. nezer נֵ֫זֶר noun masculinePsa 132:18 consecration, crown, Naziriteship; — ׳נ…
נֵ֫זֶר noun masculinePsa 132:18 consecration, crown, Naziriteship; — ׳נ absolute 2Sa 1:10 +; construct Exo 29:6 +; suffix נִזֵרוֺ Psa 89:40 +, נִזְרֵךְ Jer 7:29; —
1 crown (sign of consecration; WeSkizzeu iii. 118 compare Syriac קדשא [], earring; see also GeiJüd. Zeitschr. x. 45 ff. on נֶזֶם):
a. of king 2Sa 1:10; 2Ki 11:12 2Ch 23:11; symbol of royal power Psa 89:40; Psa 132:18; compare Pro 27:24; נ ׳אַבְּנֵי Zec 9:16 stones of a crown, diadem (probably; > We Now — who strike out, compare GASm — stones of charming, from use of precious stones as charms.
b. of high priest, ׳נ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Exo 29:6, made of gold Exo 39:30; Lev 8:9 (all P).
2 woman's hair (originally probably of long hair as sign of consecration, as in Nazirite vow, compare Num 6:19 below, and נָזַיר also WeSklzzen iii. 117, 107; Arab. Heidenthum 2, p. 143 RSSemitic i. 464. 2d ed. 483), Jer 7:29 (of personified Jerusalem).
3 consecration
a. of high priest ׳נ א מִשְׁחַת ׳שֶׁמֶן עליו Lev 21:12 (P) the consecration of the oil of anointing of his God is upon him.
b. in Numbers 6 (P), specifically of Nazirite consecration (compare נָזִיר) : ׳נ עָלָיו אֱלֹהָיו Num 6:7, נִזְרוֺ נֶדֶר Num 6:5, נ ׳טָמֵא Num 6:12, נ ׳ראֹשׁ (because of unshorn hair) Num 6:9; Num 6:18; Num 6:18, נ יְמֵי ׳(כָּלֿ) Num 6:4; Num 6:8; Num 6:12; Num 6:13 נ ׳תּוֺרַת Num 6:21 b compare ׳עַלנֿ Num 6:21a; in Num 6:19 ׳נ = the hair of his consecration (compare Jer 7:29 above).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
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
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