נָזִיר
nâzîyr · naw-zeer'
separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
Lexicon
Derivation: or נָזִר; from H5144 (נָזַר);
separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
- separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite)
- hence, (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Nazarite (by a false alliteration with Nazareth), separate(-d), vine undressed.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to cut, to sustain › the hand that works › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing that works to cut, to sustain of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָזִיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the nazarite3 · 19%
- shall be a nazarite2 · 13%
- of him that was separate1 · 6%
- of thy vine undressed1 · 6%
- the grapes in it of thy vine undressed1 · 6%
- of a nazarite1 · 6%
- and the nazarite1 · 6%
- that the nazarite1 · 6%
- of him that was separated1 · 6%
- for i have been a nazarite1 · 6%
- her nazarites1 · 6%
- for nazarites1 · 6%
- but ye gave the nazarites1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.