Lexical Definition

‎נָזַר‎ nâzar (naw-zar') to dedicate ^H:V
a primitive root

consecrate, separate(-ing, self).

• to hold aloof, i.e. (intransitivey) abstain (from food and drink, from impurity, and even from divine worship (i.e. apostatize))
• specifically, to set apart (to sacred purposes), i.e. devote

1) to dedicate, consecrate, separate
1a) (Niphal) to dedicate oneself, devote oneself
1b) (Hiphil) to keep sacredly separate
2)(Hiphil) to be a Nazarite, live as a Nazarite

See Greek: ἁγιάζω · ἁγνίζω · ἀπαλλοτριόω · εὐλαβής · εὐχή · εὔχομαι · προσέχω

Extended Information

• (Hiphil) to be a Nazarite, live as a Nazarite

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נָזַר‎] verb dedicate, consecrate, (compare We^{Skizzen iii. 118}), separate, in relig. and ceremonial sense (Late Hebrew only as denominative, compare II. ‎נזר‎; Arabic make a vow, compare We^{Skizzen iii. 117 f.}, RS^{i. 463 f.}, 2d ed. 482 f.; Sabean ‎נדֿר‎ vow Levy^{ZMG xxii (1868), 196 Min.} id., Hom^{Südar. Chrest. 128}; Aramaic ‎נְדַד‎, vow; Assyrian nazâru, curse Dl^{HWB 457}); —

Niph`al Imperfect ‎יִנָּזֵר‎ Ezek 14:7, ‎וַיִנָּזֵר‎ Lev 22:2 ‎וַיִּנָָּֽזְרוּ‎ Hos 9:10 Infinitive absolute ‎הִנָּזֵר‎ Zech 7:3 — devote, dedicate oneself unto (‎ל‎), ‎הַבּשֶׁת‎, i.e. Ba`al Hos 9:10 from (‎מִן‎) ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ezek 14:7 (of apostasy); hold sacredly aloof from, (‎מִן‎) Lev 22:2 (H); absolute Zech 7:3 consecrating my(self ), i.e. by fasting. Hiph`il Perfect ‎מִטֻּמְאָתָם‎ ‎׳‎‎וְהִזֵּרְתֶּם אֶתבְּֿנֵייִֿשׂ‎ 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 Ezek 3:18; Ezek 33:8; Ezek 33:9, — 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 Num 6 in law of Naz.: Perfect ‎׳‎‎וְהִזִּיר לי‎ consecutive vLev 25:12 Imperfect ‎׳‎‎יַזִּיר לי‎ vLev 25:5 also ‎מִיַּיִן ֗֗֗ יַזִּיר‎ vLev 25:3 from wine. . . he shall abstain as a Nazirite; Infinitive ‎׳‎‎לְהַזּיר לְי‎ vLev 25:2, ‎׳‎‎כָּלָיְֿמֵי הַזּירוֺ לי‎ vLev 25:6.

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