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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - נָזַר

נָזַר

H5144

Transliteration: nâzar

Pronunciation: naw-zar'

Definition: consecrate


Original: נזר

Transliteration: nâzar

Phonetic: naw-zar'

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1340

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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