STRONGS NUMBER H5144


Word Summary
nazar: to dedicate, consecrate
Original Word: נָזַר
Transliteration: nazar
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-zar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to dedicate, consecrate
Meaning: to hold aloof, abstain, to set apart, devote
Strong's Concordance
consecrate, separating, self

A primitive root; 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 -- consecrate, separate(-ing, self).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5144. nazar

[נָזַר‎] verb dedicate, consecrate, (compare WeSkizzen iii. 118), separate, in relig. and ceremonial sense (Late Hebrew only as denominative, compare II. נזר‎; Arabic make a vow, compare WeSkizzen iii. 117 f., RSi. 463 f., 2d ed. 482 f.; Sabean נדֿרvow LevyZMG xxii (1868), 196 Min. id., HomSüdar. Chrest. 128; Aramaic נְדַד‎, vow; Assyrian nazâru, curse DlHWB 457); —

Niph`al Imperfect יִנָּזֵרEzekiel 14:7, וַיִנָּזֵרLeviticus 22:2; וַיִּנָָּֽזְרוּHosea 9:10; Infinitive absolute הִנָּזֵרZechariah 7:3; — devote, dedicate oneself unto (ל‎), הַבּשֶׁת‎, i.e. Ba`al Hosea 9:10; from (מִן‎) ׳יEzekiel 14:7 (of apostasy); hold sacredly aloof from, (מִן‎) Leviticus 22:2 (H); absolute Zechariah 7:3 consecrating my(self ), i.e. by fasting.

Hiph`il Perfect אֶתבְּֿנֵייִֿשׂ ׳וְהִזֵּרְתֶּם מִטֻּמְאָתָםLeviticus 15:31 (P) and ye shall keep the sons of Israel sacredly separate from their uncleanness (but read perhaps וְהִזְהַרְתָּםwarn away from — as Ezekiel 3:18; 33:8-9, — 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 Numbers 6 in law of Naz.: Perfect לי ׳וְהִזִּיר‎ consecutive Leviticus 25:12; Imperfect לי ׳יַזִּיר25:5; also יַזִּיר ֗֗֗ מִיַּיִן25:3 from wine. . . he shall abstain as a Nazirite; Infinitive לְי ׳לְהַזּיר25:2, לי הַזּירוֺ ׳כָּלָיְֿמֵי25:6.