STRONGS H5139:
Abbreviations
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נָזִיר noun masculineGenesis 49:26 one consecrated, devoted (
נזיר י׳ Ecclus 46:13c (of Samuel); compare Syriac
RS
Semitic i. 463, 2d ed. 483); —
נ׳ absolute
Numbers 6:2 +
5 times; construct
נְזִיר Genesis 49:26 +
4 times; suffix
נְזִירֶ֑ךְ Leviticus 25:5; plural
נְזִרִים Amos 2:11, 12; suffix
נְוִדֶיהָ Leviticus 25:11,
נְזִירֶיהָ Lamentations 4:7; —
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
Judges 13:5, 7;
Judges 16:17 (exceptionally, from birth); usually voluntary
Amos 2:11, 12, and for limited time, compare
נֶדֶר נ׳ Numbers 6:2 (of man or woman; compare Peritz
JBL xvii (1898), 128),
תּוֺרַת נ׳ Numbers 6:13;
Numbers 6:21, also
Numbers 6:18;
Numbers 6:19;
Numbers 6:20 (all P; compare also
נֵזֶר). — On Naz. see GFM
Judges 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)
Leviticus 25:5, 11 (H P).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
49:26; 49:26
Leviticus
25:5; 25:5; 25:11; 25:11
Numbers
6:2; 6:2; 6:13; 6:18; 6:19; 6:20; 6:21
Deuteronomy
33:16
Judges
13:5; 13:5; 13:7; 16:17
Lamentations
4:7; 4:7
Amos
2:11; 2:11; 2:11; 2:12; 2:12
