Hebrew n--tg · H5139
נָזִיר
nazirnaw-zeer'
Nazirite
16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâzîyr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5139is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 14spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5139
separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
The King James renders it: Nazarite (by a false alliteration with Nazareth), separate(-d), vine undressed.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nazir is rendered "Nazirite". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Six of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:26The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
Genesis 49:26נְזִ֥יר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's sixteen uses are in Numbers.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the Nazirite5
- a Nazirite of3
- a Nazirite1
- consecrated one of1
- ones of high rank its1
- prince of1
- the Nazirites1
- to Nazirites1
- untrimmed vines its1
- untrimmed vines your1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| נָזִיד | nazid | stew | Uses6 |
The words it stands beside
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- נְזִ֥יר2
- נְזִ֧יר2
- הַנָּזִ֑יר1
- הַנָּזִ֗יר1
- הַנָּזִ֔יר1
- הַנָּזִ֖יר1
- הַנָּזִיר֮1
- הַנְּזִרִ֖ים1
- לִנְזִרִ֑ים1
- נְזִ֤יר1
- נָזִ֔יר1
- נְזִירֶ֙יהָ֙1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)5HTd/Ngmsa
- gentilic noun (a people)3HNgmsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HNcmpc/Sp3fs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2ms
- gentilic noun (a people)1HNgmsa
- preposition + gentilic noun (a people)1HR/Ngmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1HTd/Ngmpa
Genesis
one use
The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
- נְזִ֥ירnezirnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: prince of
Leviticus
two uses
You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.
- נְזִירֶ֖ךָnezirekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: untrimmed vines your
The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you; you are not to sow the land or reap its aftergrowth or harvest the untended vines.
- נְזִרֶֽיהָ׃nezireihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: untrimmed vines its
Numbers
six uses
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
- נָזִ֔ירnazirgentilic noun (a people)tagged: a Nazirite
Now this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- הַנָּזִ֑ירhanazirthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: the Nazirite
Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair, and put it on the fire under the peace offering.
- הַנָּזִ֗ירhanazirthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: the Nazirite
And the priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands of the Nazirite who has just shaved the hair of his consecration.
- הַנָּזִ֔ירhanazirthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: the Nazirite
The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
- הַנָּזִ֖ירhanazirthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: the Nazirite
This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes, according to the law of his separation.”
- הַנָּזִיר֮hanazirthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: the Nazirite
Deuteronomy
one use
with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.
- נְזִ֥ירnezirnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: consecrated one of
Judges
three uses
For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
- נְזִ֧ירnezirgentilic noun (a people)tagged: a Nazirite of
But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
- נְזִ֤ירnezirgentilic noun (a people)tagged: a Nazirite of
Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
- נְזִ֧ירnezirgentilic noun (a people)tagged: a Nazirite of
Lamentations
one use
Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
- נְזִירֶ֙יהָ֙nezireihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: ones of high rank its
Amos
two uses
I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
- לִנְזִרִ֑יםlinzirimpreposition + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: to Nazirites
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
- הַנְּזִרִ֖יםhanezirimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: the Nazirites
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
