נָזַר nazar
Hebrew word for “to dedicate” · Strong’s H5144 · used 10 times in 10 verses
Meaning
1) to dedicate, consecrate, separate; 1a) (Niphal) to dedicate oneself, devote oneself; 1b) (Hiphil) to keep sacredly separate
Senses in the lexicon
- to dedicate (5)
- be a Nazarite (5)
How it is translated
Glosses given for nazar in context, with how often each is used:
- will keep separate 2
- will be a nazirite 2
- may separate themselves 1
- may separate himself 1
- devoted themselves 1
- will i consecrate myself? 1
- nazirite 1
- being a nazirite he 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 6 (5), Leviticus 15 (1), Leviticus 22 (1), Ezekiel 14 (1), Hosea 9 (1), Zechariah 7 (1)
Forms
- וינזרו 2
- יזיר 2
- והזרתם 1
- וינזר 1
- הנזר 1
- להזיר 1
- הזירו 1
- והזיר 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nazar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֵנָב enav “grape” 2
- נֵזֶר nezer “consecration” 2
- נֶדֶר neder “vow” 2
- טָמֵא tame “to defile” 2
- נָבִיא navi “prophet” 2
- הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 2
- שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 2
- מוּת mut “to die” 2
- אֲנִי ani “I” 2
- נִי ni “me” 2
- דָבַר davar “to speak” 2
Key verses
The verses using nazar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 15:31 — Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
- Leviticus 22:2 — Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those…
- 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 6:3 — He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of…
- Numbers 6:5 — All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the…
- Numbers 6:6 — All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
- Numbers 6:12 — And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were…
- Ezekiel 14:7 — For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart,…
- Hosea 9:10 — I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated…
- Zechariah 7:3 — And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself,…
See all 10 verses in the Word Atlas
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.