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...

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...

wrongs committed, the wife accused of unfaithfulness (סוטה‎, sotah), the nazirite, the Priestly Blessing, and consecration of the Tabernacle. Naso has the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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")...

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...

Furious. ISBN 9781962693141. Goll, James W.; Engle, Lou (2011). "For the Nazirites to Arise". The Call of the Elijah Revolution. ISBN 9780768497847. OCLC 878847951...

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...

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...

asceticism is traceable to first millennium BCE era with the references of the Nazirite (or Nazorean, Nazarene, Naziruta, Nazir), whose rules of practice are found...

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...