Strong's Hebrew · H5087
H5087 nâdar
נָדַר
naw-dar'
to vow
Looking for Greek G5087 títhēmi? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H5087. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
nâdar appears 31 times in Scripture, including Genesis 28:20 and Leviticus 27:8. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to promise (pos., to do or give something to God)
In the King James Version
(make a) vow.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 31 times in Scripture
“I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’””
“If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,”
““But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.”
“So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.””
“If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.”
“Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,”
“But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.”
““Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,”
“This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes, according to the law of his separation.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
