Lexical Definition

‎נָזִיר‎ nâzîyr (naw-zeer') Nazirite ^N:N--TG
or נָזִר nâzir (naw-zeer'); from ‎נָזַר‎

Nazarite (by a false alliteration with Nazareth), separate(-d), vine undressed.

• separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite)
• hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)

1) consecrated or devoted one, Nazarite
1a) consecrated one
1b) devotee, Nazarite
1c) untrimmed (vine)

See Greek: ἁγιάζω · ἁγιασμός · ἅγιον · ἁγνεία · δοξάζω · ἡγέομαι

Extended Information

group of: נֶזֶר

• Also named: ne.zer (‎נ‎ֵ֫‎ז‎ֶ‎ר‎ ": consecration" נֶזֶר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נָזִיר‎ noun masculine^{Gen 49:26} one consecrated, devoted (‎׳‎‎נזיר י‎ (of Samuel); compare Syriac RS^{Semitic i. 463,2d ed. 483}); — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ absolute Num 6:2 + 5 t.; construct ‎נְזִיר‎ Gen 49:26 + 4 t.; suffix ‎נְזִירֶ֑ךְ‎ Lev 25:5 plural ‎נְזִרִים‎ Amos 2:11; Amos 2:12 suffix ‎נְוִדֶיהָ‎ Lev 25:11, ‎נְזִירֶיהָ‎ Lam 4:7 —

1. of prince, ruler, as consecrated: ‎נְזִיר אֶחָיו‎ Lam 49:26 (poem in J), one consecrated among his brethren, = Deut 33:16 compare ‎נְזִירֶיהָ‎ Lam 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 Judg 13:5; Judg 13:7; Judg 16:17 (exceptionally, from birth); usually voluntary Amos 2:11; Amos 2:12, and for limited time, compare ‎׳‎‎נֶדֶר נ‎ Num 6:2 (of man or woman; compare Peritz^{JBL xvii (1898), 128}), ‎׳‎‎תּוֺרַת נ‎ vNum 6:13 vNum 6:21, also vNum 6:18 vNum 6:19 vNum 6:20 (all P; compare also ‎נֵזֶר‎). — On Naz. see GFM^{Judg 13:5} Dr^{Amos 2:11}, especially Grill^{JPTh. 1880, 645-680} Now^{Archaeology ii, § 97} Benz^{Archaeology 429 f.} Gray^{JThs. Jan. 1900, 201 ff.}

3. = untrimmed vine (like Nazirite with unshorn hair) Lev 25:5; Lev 25:11 (H P).

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