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Lexicon :: Strong's H5288 - naʿar

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נַעַר
Transliteration
naʿar
Pronunciation
nah'-ar
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1389a

Strong’s Definitions

נַעַר naʻar, nah'-ar; from H5287; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age):—babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 238x

The KJV translates Strong's H5288 in the following manner: young man (76x), servant (54x), child (44x), lad (33x), young (15x), children (7x), youth (6x), babe (1x), boys (1x), young (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 238x
The KJV translates Strong's H5288 in the following manner: young man (76x), servant (54x), child (44x), lad (33x), young (15x), children (7x), youth (6x), babe (1x), boys (1x), young (1x).
  1. a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer

    1. boy, lad, youth

    2. servant, retainer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נַעַר naʻar, nah'-ar; from H5287; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age):—babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
STRONGS H5288: Abbreviations
II. נַ֫עַר 239 noun masculine
1. boy, lad, youth.
2. retainer (not in P) (Late Hebrew as Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician נער Lzb324); — נ׳ absolute Genesis 37:2 +; construct 1 Samuel 2:13 +; suffix נַעֲרוֺ Judges 19:3 +, נַעֲרָהּ 2 Kings 4:24; plural נְעָרִים 1 Samuel 25:5 +, construct נַעֲרֵי Exodus 24:5 +; suffix נְעָרַי Nehemiah 4:10; Nehemiah 5:10, etc.; —
1. boy, lad, youth (approximately + 133 times)
a. of infant Exodus 2:6 (E; 3 months old), to be born Judges 13:5, 7, 8, 12, just born 1 Samuel 4:21, not weaned 1 Samuel 1:22; also Isaiah 8:4, compare Isaiah 7:16 +.
b. of lad just weaned 1 Samuel 1:24 (strike out 2nd נער, compare further Dr Bu HPS), 1 Samuel 1:25; 1 Samuel 1:27, etc.
c. = youth: of young Ishmael Genesis 21:12f. (E), Isaac Genesis 22:5, 12 (E), Joseph Genesis 37:2 (E; 17 years old), Benjamin Genesis 43:8; Genesis 44:22f. (J), sons of Samuel 1 Samuel 2:17, of Jesse 1 Samuel 16:11; קָטֹן נ׳ little lad 1 Samuel 20:35; 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 5:14; Isaiah 11:6, קָטָן נ׳ 1 Kings 11:17, plural 2 Kings 2:23.
e. of marriageable age Genesis 34:19 (J), warrior Absalom 2 Samuel 18:5, 12 +, Zadok 1 Chronicles 12:28, etc.
2. servant, retainer (approximately + 105 times):
a. = personal attendant, household servant, Numbers 22:22 (J), Judges 7:10; Judges 7:11; Judges 19:3; 1 Samuel 9:3f.; 2 Kings 4:12; 2 Kings 4:25
Note. נער occurs in Pentateuch as Kt with Qr perpet. נַעֲרָה which see.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:24; 19:4; 21:12; 22:5; 22:12; 34:19; 37:2; 37:2; 43:8; 44:22

Exodus

2:6; 10:9; 24:5

Numbers

22:22

Deuteronomy

28:50

Joshua

6:21

Judges

7:10; 7:11; 8:20; 13:5; 13:7; 13:8; 13:12; 19:3; 19:3

1 Samuel

1:22; 1:24; 1:25; 1:27; 2:13; 2:17; 4:21; 9:3; 16:11; 17:33; 17:42; 20:35; 25:5; 25:5

2 Samuel

2:14; 18:5; 18:12

1 Kings

3:7; 11:17; 20:14

2 Kings

2:23; 4:12; 4:24; 4:25; 5:14; 19:6

1 Chronicles

12:28; 22:5; 29:1

2 Chronicles

13:7; 34:3

Nehemiah

4:10; 4:10; 4:17; 5:10

Esther

3:13

Job

1:15; 1:16; 1:17

Psalms

37:25; 148:12

Proverbs

22:6

Ecclesiastes

10:16

Isaiah

3:4; 3:5; 7:16; 8:4; 10:19; 11:6; 20:4; 37:6; 65:20

Jeremiah

1:6; 1:7; 51:22

Lamentations

2:21

Hosea

11:1

Zechariah

11:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5288 matches the Hebrew נַעַר (naʿar),
which occurs 239 times in 221 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 5 (1Sa 25:5–2Ki 4:19)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5 - So David H1732 sent H7971 ten H6235 young H5288 men; H5288 and David H1732 said H559 to the young H5288 men, H5288 “Go H5927 up to Carmel, H3760 [fn]visit H935 H413 Nabal H5037 and greet H7592 H7965 him in my name; H8034
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8 - ‘Ask H7592 your young H5288 men H5288 and they will tell H5046 you. Therefore let my young H5288 men H5288 find H4672 favor H2580 in your eyes, H5869 for we have come H935 on a [fn]festive H2896 day. H3117 Please H4994 give H5414 whatever H834 you find H4672 at hand H3027 to your servants H5650 and to your son H1121 David.’” H1732
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9 - When David’s H1732 young H5288 men H5288 came, H935 they spoke H1696 to Nabal H5037 according to all H3605 these H428 words H1697 in David’s H1732 name; H8034 then they waited. H5117
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:12 - So David’s H1732 young H5288 men H5288 retraced H2015 their way H1870 and went H7725 back; H7725 and they came H935 and told H5046 him according to all H3605 these H428 words. H1697
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - But one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 told H5046 Abigail, H26 Nabal’s H5037 wife, H802 saying, H559 “Behold, H2009 David H1732 sent H7971 messengers H4397 from the wilderness H4057 to [fn]greet H1288 our master, H113 and he scorned H5860 them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:19 - She said H559 to her young H5288 men, H5288 “Go H5674 on before H6440 me; behold, H2009 I am coming H935 after H310 you.” But she did not tell H5046 her husband H376 Nabal. H5037
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - “Please H4994 do not let my lord H113 [fn]pay H7760 attention H3820 to this H2088 [fn]worthless H1100 man, H376 Nabal, H5037 for as his name H8034 is, so H3651 is he. [fn]Nabal H5037 is his name H8034 and folly H5039 is with him; but I your maidservant H519 did not see H7200 the young H5288 men H5288 of my lord H113 whom H834 you sent. H7971
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - “Now H6258 let this H2088 [fn]gift H1293 which H834 your maidservant H8198 has brought H935 to my lord H113 be given H5414 to the young H5288 men H5288 who [fn]accompany H1980 H7272 my lord. H113
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:22 - David H1732 replied, H6030 “Behold H2009 the spear H2595 of the king! H4428 Now let one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 come H5674 over H5674 and take H3947 it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - David H1732 said H559 to him, “To whom H4310 do you belong? And where H335 are you from?” And he said, H559 “I am a young H5288 man H5288 of Egypt, H4713 a servant H5650 of an Amalekite; H6003 and my master H113 left H5800 me behind H5800 when H3588 I fell H2470 sick H2470 three H7969 days H3117 ago.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - David H1732 [fn]slaughtered H5221 them from the twilight H5399 [fn]until H5704 the evening H6153 of [fn]the next H4283 day; H4283 and not a man H376 of them escaped, H4422 except H3588 H518 four H702 hundred H3967 young H5288 men H5288 who H834 rode H7392 on camels H1581 and fled. H1272
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - So David H1732 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who told H5046 him, “How H349 do you know H3045 that Saul H7586 and his son H1121 Jonathan H3083 are dead?” H4191
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - The young H5288 man H5288 who told H5046 him said, H559 “By chance H7122 I happened H7136 to be on Mount H2022 Gilboa, H1533 and behold, H2009 Saul H7586 was leaning H8172 on his spear. H2595 And behold, H2009 the chariots H7393 and the horsemen H6571 pursued H1692 him closely. H1692
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13 - David H1732 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who told H5046 him, “Where H335 are you from?” And he [fn]answered, H559 “I am the son H1121 of an alien, H1616 an Amalekite.” H6003
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:15 - And David H1732 called H7121 one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 and said, H559 “Go, H5066 [fn]cut H6293 him down.” H6293 So he struck H5221 him and he died. H4191
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - Then Abner H74 said H559 to Joab, H3097 “Now H4994 let the young H5288 men H5288 arise H6965 and [fn]hold H7832 a contest H7832 before H6440 us.” And Joab H3097 said, H559 “Let them arise.” H6965
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - So Abner H74 said H559 to him, “[fn]Turn H5186 to your right H3225 or H176 to your left, H8040 and take H270 hold H270 of one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 for yourself, and take H3947 for yourself his spoil.” H2488 But Asahel H6214 was not willing H14 to turn H5493 aside H5493 from following H310 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - Then David H1732 commanded H6680 the young H5288 men, H5288 and they killed H2026 them and cut H7112 off H7112 their hands H3027 and feet H7272 and hung H8518 them up beside H5921 the pool H1295 in Hebron. H2275 But they took H3947 the head H7218 of Ish-bosheth H378 and buried H6912 it in the grave H6913 of Abner H74 in Hebron. H2275
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:9 - Then the king H4428 called H7121 Saul’s H7586 servant H5288 Ziba H6717 and said H559 to him, “All H3605 that belonged H1961 to Saul H7586 and to all H3605 his house H1004 I have given H5414 to your master’s H113 [fn]grandson. H1121
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David H1732 therefore inquired H1245 of God H430 for the child; H5288 and David H1732 fasted H6684 H6685 and went H935 and lay H7901 all night H3885 on the ground. H776
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:17 - Then he called H7121 his young H5288 man H5288 who attended H8334 him and said, H559 “Now H4994 throw H7971 this H2088 woman H2088 out of my presence, and lock H5274 the door H1817 behind H310 her.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:28 - Absalom H53 commanded H6680 his servants, H5288 saying, H559 “See H7200 now, H4994 when Amnon’s H550 heart H3820 is merry H2895 with wine, H3196 and when I say H559 to you, ‘Strike H5221 Amnon,’ H550 then put H4191 him to death. H4191 Do not fear; H3372 have not I myself H595 commanded H6680 you? Be courageous H2388 and be [fn]valiant.” H1121 H2428
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - The servants H5288 of Absalom H53 did H6213 to Amnon H550 just H834 as Absalom H53 had commanded. H6680 Then all H3605 the king’s H4428 sons H1121 arose H6965 and each H376 mounted H7392 his mule H6505 and fled. H5127
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - Jonadab, H3082 the son H1121 of Shimeah, H8093 David’s H1732 brother, H251 [fn]responded, H6030 H559 “Do not let my lord H113 [fn]suppose H559 they have put H4191 to death H4191 all H3605 the young H5288 men, H5288 the king’s H4428 sons, H1121 for Amnon H550 alone H905 is dead; H4191 because H3588 by the [fn]intent H6310 of Absalom H53 this has been H1961 determined H7760 since H4480 the day H3117 that he violated H6031 his sister H269 Tamar. H8559
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:34 - Now Absalom H53 had fled. H1272 And the young H5288 man H5288 who was the watchman H6822 raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked, H7200 and behold, H2009 many H7227 people H5971 were coming H1980 from the road H1870 behind H310 him by the side H6654 of the mountain. H2022
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:21 - Then the king H4428 said H559 to Joab, H3097 “Behold H2009 now, H4994 I will surely do H6213 this H2088 thing; H1697 go H1980 therefore, bring H7725 back H7725 the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom.” H53
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - Now when David H1732 had passed H5674 a little H4592 beyond H5674 the summit, H7218 behold, H2009 Ziba H6717 the servant H5288 of Mephibosheth H4648 met H7122 him with a couple H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys, H2543 and on them were two H3967 hundred H3967 loaves of bread, H3899 a hundred H3967 clusters H6778 of raisins, H6778 a hundred H3967 summer H7019 fruits, H7019 and a jug H5035 of wine. H3196
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - The king H4428 said H559 to Ziba, H6717 “Why H4100 do you have these?” H428 And Ziba H6717 said, H559 “The donkeys H2543 are for the king’s H4428 household H1004 to ride, H7392 and the bread H3899 and summer H7019 fruit H7019 for the young H5288 men H5288 to eat, H398 and the wine, H3196 for whoever H3287 is faint H3287 in the wilderness H4057 to drink.” H8354
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:18 - But a lad H5288 did see H7200 them and told H5046 Absalom; H53 so the two H8147 of them departed H1980 quickly H4120 and came H935 to the house H1004 of a man H376 in Bahurim, H980 who had a well H875 in his courtyard, H2691 and they went H3381 down H3381 [fn]into it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - The king H4428 charged H6680 Joab H3097 and Abishai H52 and Ittai, H863 saying, H559Deal gently H328 for my sake with the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom.” H53 And all H3605 the people H5971 heard H8085 when the king H4428 charged H6680 all H3605 the commanders H8269 concerning H5921 H1697 Absalom. H53
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - The man H376 said H559 to Joab, H3097 “Even if H3863 I should receive H8254 a thousand H505 pieces of silver H3701 in my hand, H3709 I would not put H7971 out my hand H3027 against H413 the king’s H4428 son; H1121 for in our hearing H241 the king H4428 charged H6680 you and Abishai H52 and Ittai, H863 saying, H559[fn]Protect H8104 for me the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom!’ H53
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:15 - And ten H6235 young H5288 men H5288 who carried H5375 Joab’s H3097 armor H3627 gathered H5437 around H5437 and struck H5221 Absalom H53 and killed H4191 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - The king H4428 said, H559 “Is it well H7965 with the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom?” H53 And Ahimaaz H290 answered, H559 “When Joab H3097 sent H7971 the king’s H4428 servant, H5650 and your servant, H5650 I saw H7200 a great H1419 tumult, H1995 but I did not know H3045 what H4100 it was.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - Then the king H4428 said H559 to the Cushite, H3569 “Is it well H7965 with the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom?” H53 And the Cushite H3569 answered, H559 “Let the enemies H340 of my lord H113 the king, H4428 and all H3605 who H834 rise H6965 up against H5921 you for evil, H7451 be as that young H5288 man!” H5288
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:17 - There were a thousand H505 men H376 of Benjamin H1144 with him, with Ziba H6717 the servant H5288 of the house H1004 of Saul, H7586 and his fifteen H2568 H6240 sons H1121 and his twenty H6242 servants H5650 with him; and they rushed H6743 to the Jordan H3383 before H6440 the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - Now there stood H5975 by him one H376 of Joab’s H3097 young H5288 men, H5288 and said, H559 “Whoever H4310 H834 favors H2654 Joab H3097 and whoever H4310 H834 is for David, H1732 let him follow H310 Joab.” H3097
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 - “Now, H6258 O LORD H3068 my God, H430 You have made H4427 Your servant H5650 king H4427 in place H8478 of my father H1 David, H1732 yet I am but a little H6996 child; H5288 I do not know H3045 how to go H3318 out or come H935 in.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17 - that Hadad H1908 fled H1272 [fn]to Egypt, H4714 he and certain H376 Edomites H130 of his father’s H1 servants H5650 with him, while Hadad H1908 was a young H6996 boy. H5288
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:28 - Now the man H376 Jeroboam H3379 was a valiant H2428 warrior, H1368 and when Solomon H8010 saw H7200 that the young H5288 man H5288 was [fn]industrious, H4399 H6213 he appointed H6485 him over all H3605 the [fn]forced H5447 labor H5447 of the house H1004 of Joseph. H3130
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:3 - “Take H3947 ten H6235 loaves H3899 with you, some cakes H5350 and a jar H1228 of honey, H1706 and go H935 to him. He will tell H5046 you what H4100 will happen H1961 to the boy.” H5288
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:17 - Then Jeroboam’s H3379 wife H802 arose H6965 and departed H1980 and came H935 to Tirzah. H8656 As she was entering H935 the threshold H5592 of the house, H1004 the child H5288 died. H4191
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:43 - He said H559 to his servant, H5288 “Go H5927 up now, H4994 look H5027 toward H1870 the sea.” H3220 So he went H5927 up and looked H5027 and said, H559 “There H369 is nothing.” H369 H3972 And he said, H559 “Go H7725 back” H7725 seven H7651 times. H6471
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And he [fn]was afraid H3372 and arose H6965 and ran H1980 for his [fn]life H5315 and came H935 to Beersheba, H884 which H834 belongs to Judah, H3063 and left H5117 his servant H5288 there. H8033
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - Ahab H256 said, H559 “By whom?” H4310 So he said, H559 “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 ‘By the young H5288 men H5288 of the rulers H8269 of the provinces.’” H4082 Then he said, H559 “Who H4310 shall [fn]begin H631 the battle?” H4421 And he [fn]answered, H559 “You.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - Then he mustered H6485 the young H5288 men H5288 of the rulers H8269 of the provinces, H4082 and there were 232; H3967 H8147 H7970 and after H310 them he mustered H6485 all H3605 the people, H5971 even all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 7,000. H7651 H505
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - The young H5288 men H5288 of the rulers H8269 of the provinces H4082 went H3318 out first; H7223 and Ben-hadad H1130 sent H7971 out and they told H5046 him, saying, H559 “Men H376 have come H3318 out from Samaria.” H8111
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19 - So these H428 went H3318 out from the city, H5892 the young H5288 men H5288 of the rulers H8269 of the provinces, H4082 and the army H2428 which H834 followed H310 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:23 - Then he went H5927 up from there H8033 to Bethel; H1008 and as he was going H5927 up by the way, H1870 young H6996 lads H5288 came H3318 out from the city H5892 and mocked H7046 him and said H559 to him, “Go H5927 up, you baldhead; H7142 go H5927 up, you baldhead!” H7142
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:12 - Then he said H559 to Gehazi H1522 his servant, H5288 “Call H7121 this H2088 Shunammite.” H7767 And when he had called H7121 her, she stood H5975 before H6440 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - He said H559 to his father, H1 “My head, H7218 my head.” H7218 And he said H559 to his servant, H5288 “Carry H5375 him to his mother.” H517

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