In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or a nazarite (Hebrew: נָזִיר Nāzīr) is a Jewish man or woman who voluntarily took a vow which is described in Numbers...
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Naso (parashah) (section The Nazirite)
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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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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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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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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Asceticism in Judaism (section Nazirites)
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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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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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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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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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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(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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Hypsistarianism Magarites Merkabah mysticism Messianic sects Ebionites Elcesaites Nazirite Okbarites Pharisees (ancestor of Rabbinic Judaism) Sabbateans Frankism...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Neder (section The Nazirite neder)
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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give birth to a son. The child was to be dedicated from the womb as a Nazirite, which entailed restrictions on his diet that the angel spelled out in...
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mentioned in the Book of Judges. The biblical account states that Samson was a Nazirite, and that he was given immense strength to aid him against his enemies...
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Furious. ISBN 9781962693141. Goll, James W.; Engle, Lou (2011). "For the Nazirites to Arise". The Call of the Elijah Revolution. ISBN 9780768497847. OCLC 878847951...
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the consecration of their lives to God (reminiscent of the Vow of the Nazirite). Clerical tonsure is the equivalent of the "first tonsure" in the Latin...
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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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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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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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