נֵזֶר
nēzer
consecration
Strong's H5145NounHebrewTWOT 1340a

נֵזֶר (nēzer) is a Hebrew noun meaning consecration. It appears 25 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5145).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1340a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1340a)consecration, crown, Naziriteship; hair; set apart, dedication, locks, chaplet; separation
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נֵ֫זֶר noun, masculine: consecration, crown, Naziriteship

Strong's H5145 נֶזֶר: 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)
KJV:consecration, crown, hair, separation.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1340: נָזַר nāzar — dedicate, consecrate, separate; devote, dedicate oneself; hold aloof, abstain, apostatize, set apart; separateing

See it in Scripture

Exodus 29:6Leviticus 8:9Numbers 6:4

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