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נֵזֶר

ne.zer

consecration: Nazirite vow

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Strong’s H5145Noun, masculine25 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

nazirite vow12

crown5

the crown of3

a crown2

the consecration of1

the nazirite vow of1

hair1

In the text

Exodus 29:6נֵזֶר
Put the turban on his head and attach the holy diadem to the turban.
Leviticus 8:9נֵזֶר
Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.
Numbers 6:4נִזְרוֹ
All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
2 Samuel 1:10הַנֵּזֶר
So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
2 Kings 11:12הַנֵּזֶר
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
Psalm 89:39נִזְרוֹ
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נֵ֫זֶר n.m. ψ 132:18 consecration, crown, Naziriteship

1. crown (sign of consecration)

2. woman’s hair (orig. prob. of long hair as sign of consecration, as in Nazirite vow)

3. consecration

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.