Consecration
נֵ֫זֶרStrong’s H5145nezer (ne-zer)
Appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nezer is the Hebrew word usually translated “nazirite vow his”, “crown of” and “crown”. It appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.”
Meaning
- Consecrated or devoted one, Nazariteconsecrated one · devotee, Nazarite · untrimmed (vine)
- Consecration, crown, separation, Nazariteshipcrown (as sign of consecration), earring · woman's hair · consecration
How it's translated
- nazirite vow his 12
- crown of 3
- the crown 3
- crown his 2
- a crown 2
- consecration of 1
- nazirite vow of 1
- hair your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 10
- Exodus 2
- Leviticus 2
- Psalms 2
- 2 Samuel 1
- 2 Kings 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 29:6And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
- Exodus 39:30And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
- Leviticus 8:9And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 21:12Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
- Numbers 6:4All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
- Numbers 6:5All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
Hebrew dictionary
נָזִיר nazir · Nazirite
1) consecrated or devoted one, Nazarite 1a) consecrated one 1b) devotee, Nazarite 1c) untrimmed (vine) Also named: ne.zer (נֵ֫זֶר ": consecration" H5145)
נֵ֫זֶר nezer · consecration
1) consecration, crown, separation, Nazariteship 1a) crown (as sign of consecration), earring 1a1) stones of a crown, diadem, stones of charming 1b) woman's hair 1c) consecration 1c1) of high priest 1c2) of Nazarite
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “consecration” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONSECRATION, noun
- The act or ceremony of separating form a common to a sacred use, or of devoting and dedicating a person or thing to the service and worship of God, by certain rites or solemnities. consecration does not make a person or thing really holy, but declares it to be sacred, that is, devoted to God or to divine service; as the consecration of the priests among the Israelites; the consecration of the vessels used in the temple; the consecration of a bishop.
- Canonization; the act of translating into heaven, and enrolling or numbering among the saints or gods; the ceremony of the apotheosis of an emperor.
- The benediction of the elements in the eucharist; the act of setting apart and blessing the elements in the communion.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.