נָזִיר nazir

Hebrew word for “Nazirite” · Strong’s H5139 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

1) consecrated or devoted one, Nazarite;

How it is translated

Glosses given for nazir in context, with how often each is used:

• nazirite 9
• untrimmed vines 2
• nazirites 2
• prince 1
• consecrated one 1
• ones of high rank 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 6 (6), Leviticus 25 (2), Judges 13 (2), Amos 2 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Deuteronomy 33 (1), Judges 16 (1), Lamentations 4 (1)

Forms

• נזיר 6
• הנזיר 5
• נזירך 1
• נזריה 1
• נזיריה 1
• לנזרים 1
• הנזרים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nazir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נֵזֶר nezer “consecration” 4
• גָּלַח galach “to shave” 3
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 5
• מוֹרָה morah “razor” 2
• בֶּטֶן beten “belly” 3
• סָפִיחַ saphiach “aftergrowth” 2
• יַיִן yayin “wine” 3
• קׇדְקֹד qodqod “crown” 2
• הָרָה harah “pregnant” 2
• נָדַר nadar “to vow” 2
• בָּצַר batsar “to gather/restrain/fortify” 2
• קָצַר qatsar “to reap” 2

Key verses

The verses using nazir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 49:26 — The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of…
• Numbers 6:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves…
• Numbers 6:18 — And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his…
• Numbers 6:19 — And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the…
• Numbers 6:20 — And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the…
• Numbers 6:21 — This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow…
• Deuteronomy 33:16 — And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of…
• Judges 13:5 — For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin…
• Judges 16:17 — That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I…
• Lamentations 4:7 — Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
• Amos 2:11 — And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
• Amos 2:12 — But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.