Know the Word.

Hebrew word

nâzar

naw-zar'

נָזַר

What it means

to hold aloof, i.e. abstain)

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • separate4
  • separateth3
  • consecrate1
  • separated1
  • separating1

Every place it appears 10

Leviticus15:3122:2
Ezekiel14:7
Hosea9:10
Zechariah7:3
nâzar — Hebrew word meaning “to hold aloof, i.e. abstain)”