consecration: Nazirite vow
ne.zer denotes a Nazirite’s consecrated commitment and, in other contexts, a crown or sacred headpiece placed on the head.
The dominant attested use concerns the consecrated period and condition of a Nazirite, including its obligations, completion, and defilement. Other verses use the term for a crown or sacred headpiece, while a smaller group links it with consecrated status or objects in priestly, lament, royal, and visionary settings.
Senses in use
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Nazirite consecrated commitment · dominant
In Numbers 6:4 the construct-form noun occurs in the clause governing what is forbidden throughout the days of the Nazirite’s commitment; Numbers 6:5 links those days with no razor passing over the head. Numbers 6:12 describes the commitment as defiled and begun again, while Numbers 6:18 places the consecrated head and its shaved hair within the completion rite.
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Royal or sacred head-worn insignia · common
The absolute form occurs where a crown is put on the king’s son in 2 Kings 11:12 and 2 Chronicles 23:11, and 2 Samuel 1:10 locates such an object on Saul’s head. In Exodus 29:6 and Leviticus 8:9, construct forms occur in clauses about placing a holy headpiece on the turban; Exodus 39:30 likewise describes a gold holy crown.
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Consecrated status or marked object · occasional
Leviticus 21:12 connects the construct form with the consecrating oil upon the priest, and Psalm 132:18 places it upon the kingly figure in a clause where it will blossom. Zechariah 9:16 describes stones of consecration shining on the land; Jeremiah 7:29 places the form in the command to cut off hair, though the translation does not isolate its contribution.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents clauses containing the term with wording such as “consecration,” “crown,” “diadem,” and “holy crown.” These expressions indicate the verse-level presentation rather than fixed one-to-one renderings.