• In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or a nazarite (Hebrew: נָזִיר Nāzīr) is an Israelite (i.e. Jewish) man or woman who voluntarily took a vow which is described...
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    laughter in this world". At the same time, he was one of those describing the nazirite as a sinner for abstaining from wine. His ascetic practices were not inspired...
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    wrongs committed, the wife accused of unfaithfulness (סוטה‎, sotah), the nazirite, the Priestly Blessing, and consecration of the Tabernacle. Naso has the...
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    chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved by Samson, a Nazirite who possesses great strength and serves as the final Judge of Israel. Delilah...
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  • reviewed by film critics and was a box office bomb. Samson is under a Nazirite covenant with God to deliver the Israelites from oppression. The Philistine...
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    Samson it says the child shall be a Nazirite, where a nazirite was a specific type of religious ascetic. That the Nazirite and Nazareth are so similar in name...
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    vowed that if she were granted a child, she would dedicate him to God as a nazirite. Eli, who was sitting at the foot of the doorpost in the sanctuary at Shiloh...
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  • David Cohen (1887–8 August 1972) (also known as "Rav Ha-Nazir," the Nazirite Rabbi) was a rabbi, talmudist, philosopher, kabbalist, and a disciple of Rabbi...
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  • Temple, about two thousand years ago, taking Nazirite vows was a common feature of the religion. Nazirite Jews (in Hebrew: נזיר) abstained from grape products...
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    war, Helena made a vow that if he should return safe, she would become a Nazirite for the space of seven years. She fulfilled her vow, and at the end of...
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  • (נזיר‎ "One who abstains") deals with the details of the Nazirite vow and being a Nazirite (Num 6). It consists of 9 chapters. Sotah (סוטה‎ "Wayward...
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    form of extreme strength. The biblical account states that Samson was a Nazirite and that he was given immense strength to aid him against his enemies and...
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    Samson it says "the child shall be a 'Nazirite'" (Hebrew: נזיר nə-zîr; LXX: ναζιραιος, naziraios). A nazirite was a member of a sect who practiced asceticism...
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    Her prayers having been answered, she dedicates the child to God as a Nazirite. Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed...
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  • Hypsistarianism Magarites Merkabah mysticism Messianic sects Ebionites Elcesaites Nazirite Okbarites Pharisees (ancestor of Rabbinic Judaism) Sabbateans Frankism...
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    this was to be a final haircut prior to fulfilling his vow to become a Nazirite for a defined period of time. With Priscilla and Aquila, the missionaries...
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    Others point to a passage in the Book of Judges which refers to Samson as a Nazirite, a word that is just one letter off from Nazarene in Greek. It is also...
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  • and in both Talmuds, devoted chiefly to a discussion of the laws of the Nazirite laid down in Numbers 6:1-21. In the Tosefta its title is Nezirut ("Nazariteness")...
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  • of the Nazirite. A neder to be a Nazirite for a period of time or sometimes for life for either of the above-described reasons. The Nazirite is required...
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  • free dictionary. Nazir or Nazeer may refer to: Nazir (title) Nazir (name) Nazirite, in the Hebrew Bible, one who took the ascetic vow described in Numbers...
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  • Firstborn animal First fruits Burnt offering Parts of the thank offering and Nazirite's offering Ten gifts given (even) outside of Jerusalem Heave offering Heave...
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    Book of Judges tells of a monk from the Israelite tribe of Dan who, as a Nazirite, is prohibited from cutting his hair and drinking wine. Proverbs 31:4 warns...
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    bitter water for suspected adulteresses: Numbers 5:11–29 Dedication of Nazirites: Numbers 6:1–21 Preparation of the ashes of a red heifer for the water...
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    Deuteronomy 12:5–7 (annual pilgrimage) 1 Samuel 1:11: Numbers 6:1–21 (Nazirite vow) 1 Samuel 1:21–23: Numbers 30:10–15 (husband's approval of wife's vow)...
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    rabbis say, became his snare and his stumbling-block. "By his long hair the Nazirite entangled the people to rebel against his father, and by it he himself...
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    A child named Samuel is born, and Samuel is dedicated to the Lord as a Nazirite – the only one besides Samson to be identified in the Bible. Hannah sings...
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    "his [John's] diet was stems, roots and fruits. Like James and the other Nazirites/Rechabites, he is presented as a vegetarian ..". James Tabor, The Jesus...
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    could be attributed to Judges 13:5 regarding the birth of Samson and the Nazirite vow. The word Nazareth is related to the word netzer which means "sprout"...
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  • avoid the dead and anything having to do with death, as a part of the Nazirite vows. They also keep the Sabbath, and follow Ital dietary laws. There is...
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    Retrieved August 26, 2024. Goll, James W.; Engle, Lou (2011). "For the Nazirites to Arise". The Call of the Elijah Revolution. Destiny Image Publishers...
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