נֶזֶר
nezer · neh'-zer
properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chaplet (especially of royalty)
Lexicon
Derivation: or נֵזֶר; from H5144 (נָזַר);
properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chaplet (especially of royalty)
- properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite)
- hence, (concretely) unshorn locks
- also, (by implication) a chaplet (especially of royalty)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: consecration, crown, hair, separation.
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
- 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 head, the highest
The seed, life continuing that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֶזֶר 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of his separation8 · 32%
- crown3 · 12%
- the crown2 · 8%
- for the crown1 · 4%
- because the consecration1 · 4%
- of his consecration1 · 4%
- because his separation1 · 4%
- the hair of his separation1 · 4%
- for his separation1 · 4%
- upon him the crown1 · 4%
- his crown1 · 4%
- but upon himself shall his crown1 · 4%
- and doth the crown1 · 4%
- thine hair1 · 4%
- of a crown1 · 4%
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.