How to Pronounce Nazarite

What does Nazarite mean?

Nazarite means “one chosen or set apart”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

What is Nazarite?

(Heb. form Nazirite), the name of such Israelites as took on them the vow prescribed in Num. 6:2-21. The word denotes generally one who is separated from others and consecrated to God. Although there is no mention of any Nazarite before Samson, yet it is evident that they existed before the time of Moses. The vow of a Nazarite involved these three things, (1) abstinence from wine and strong drink, (2) refraining from cutting the hair off the head during the whole period of the continuance of the vow, and (3) the avoidance of contact with the dead.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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