People & groups
Nazirite
A person specially dedicated to God by a biblical vow.
Also called · Nazirite vow
What it means
Numbers 6 describes a voluntary period of dedication marked by avoiding grape products, not cutting the hair, and avoiding contact with a corpse.
Samson was set apart from birth, so his story is a distinctive lifelong case rather than the pattern for every Nazirite.
How it appears in the Bible
The Nazirite vow gave an Israelite man or woman a defined way to practice special dedication to God.