Definition

properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chaplet (especially of royalty)

Etymology

or נֵזֶר; from H5144 (נָזַר);

Word family

• נָזַר nâzar

How the KJV renders it

• consecration
• crown
• hair
• separation

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.