Strong's Number H5144

נָזַר

nazar · naw-zar'

Transliteration:

nazar{naw-zar'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

1340

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to hold aloof, i.e. (intransitivey) abstain (from food and drink, from impurity, and even from divine worship (i.e. apostatize)); specifically, to set apart (to sacred purposes), i.e. devote

Usage in the KJV:

separate... 4, consecrate 1

Total: 10
Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

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