Lexical Definition

‎נֶזֶר‎ nezer (neh'-zer) consecration: Nazirite vow ^H:N-M
or נֵזֶר nêzer (nay'-zer); from ‎נָזַר‎

consecration, crown, hair, separation.

• properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite)
• hence (concretely) unshorn locks
• also (by implication) a chaplet (especially of royalty)

1) consecration, crown, separation, Nazariteship
1a) crown (as sign of consecration), earring
1a1) stones of a crown, diadem, stones of charming
1b) woman's hair
1c) consecration
1c1) of high priest
1c2) of Nazarite

See Greek: ἅγιον · ἁγνεία · ἁγνισμός

Extended Information

meaning of: נֶזֶר

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֵ֫זֶר‎ noun masculine^{Ps 132:18} consecration, crown, Naziriteship; — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ absolute 2Sam 1:10 +; construct Exod 29:6 +; suffix ‎נִזֵרוֺ‎ Ps 89:40* +, ‎נִזְרֵךְ‎ Jer 7:29 —

1. crown (sign of consecration; We^{Skizzeu iii. 118} compare Syriac ‎קדשא‎ [], earring; see also Gei^{Jüd. Zeitschr. x. 45 ff.} on ‎נֶזֶם‎):
a. of king 2Sam 1:10; 2Kgs 11:12 = 2Chr 23:11 symbol of royal power Ps 89:40*; Ps 132:18 compare Prov 27:24 ‎׳‎‎אַבְּנֵי נ‎ Zech 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, ‎הַקֹּדֶשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Exod 29:6, made of gold Exod 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 We^{Sklzzen iii. 117, 107; Arab. Heidenthum 2, p. 143} RS^{Semitic i. 464. 2d ed. 483}), Jer 7:29 (of personified Jerusalem).

3. consecration
a. of high priest ‎עליו‎ ‎׳‎‎שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת א‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Lev 21:12 (P) the consecration of the oil of anointing of his God is upon him.
b. in Num 6 (P), specifically of Nazirite consecration (compare ‎נָזִיר‎) : ‎אֱלֹהָיו עָלָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Num 6:7, ‎נֶדֶר נִזְרוֺ‎ vNum 6:5, ‎׳‎‎טָמֵא נ‎ vNum 6:12, ‎׳‎‎ראֹשׁ נ‎ (because of unshorn hair) vNum 6:9 vNum 6:18 vNum 6:18, ‎׳‎‎(כָּלֿ) יְמֵי נ‎ vNum 6:4 vNum 6:8 vNum 6:12 vNum 6:13 ‎׳‎‎תּוֺרַת נ‎ vNum 6:21 b compare ‎׳‎‎עַלנֿ‎ vNum 6:21a; in vNum 6:19 ‎׳‎‎נ‎ = the hair of his consecration (compare Jer 7:29 above).

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