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- proper noun A Nazarite.
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- noun Alternative form of
Nazarite .
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Examples
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The term Nazirite is often confused with a similar word—Nazarene.
The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006
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The term Nazirite is often confused with a similar word—Nazarene.
The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006
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In verse eleven, there is an indication that she is pledging her son as a Nazarite (also spelled "Nazirite").
Feast upon the Word Blog Jim F. 2010
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Late in Paul's life, the elders at Jerusalem came to Paul and asked him to undergo the Nazirite vow because the church at Jerusalem was zealous for the law.
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For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hands of the Philistines.
HANDS Across the Godhead? James F. McGrath 2010
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In this manner Delilah forced Samson to tell her of his Nazirite status.
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Delilah was responsible for Samson abrogating his Nazirite restrictions, which his mother had been careful to observe from his conception.
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Jesus may have made a Nazirite vow at the last supper, according to the Gospels, but that is unlikely to explain his being referred to by this term in a more general sense.
Early Converted Skeptics? James F. McGrath 2009
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The Nazirite injunctions against drinking alcohol and eating unclean food are placed upon her, since the child is to be a Nazirite “from birth” (13: 5).
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There was also Queen Helene, the ruler of Adiabene who converted to Judaism, took a Nazirite vow and settled in Israel (M. Nazir 3: 6).
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