Strongs Number: H5139
- Hebrew Word
- נָזִיר
- Transliteration
- nâzîyr
- Phonetic
- naw-zeer'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
{separate} that {is} consecrated (as {prince} a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite). (The {translation} {Nazarite } is by a false alliteration with Nazareth.)
- BDB Definition
-
1. consecrated or devoted one, Nazarite
a. consecrated one
b. devotee, Nazarite
c. untrimmed (vine)
- Origin
- From H5144
- Bible Usage
- Nazarite [by a false alliteration with {Nazareth]} separate ({-d}) vine undressed.