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Lexicon :: Strong's H5291 - naʿărâ

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נַעֲרָה
Transliteration
naʿărâ
Pronunciation
nah-ar-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1389c

Strong’s Definitions

נַעֲרָה naʻărâh, nah-ar-aw'; feminine of H5288; a girl (from infancy to adolescence):—damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x

The KJV translates Strong's H5291 in the following manner: damsel (34x), maiden (16x), maid (7x), young (4x), young woman (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x
The KJV translates Strong's H5291 in the following manner: damsel (34x), maiden (16x), maid (7x), young (4x), young woman (1x).

  1. girl, damsel, female servant

    1. girl, damsel, little girl

      1. of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute

    2. maid, female attendant, female servant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נַעֲרָה naʻărâh, nah-ar-aw'; feminine of H5288; a girl (from infancy to adolescence):—damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
STRONGS H5291: Abbreviations
† II. נַעֲרָה noun feminine girl, damsel; — absolute נ׳ Judges 19:3 + 22 times, also Qr Genesis 24:14 + 20 times Genesis, Deuteronomy (נַעֲרָה Kt in Pentateuch only Deuteronomy 22:19, see below); plural absolute נְעָרוֺת 1 Samuel 9:11 +, construct נַעֲרוֺת Esther 4:4; suffix נַעֲרוֺתָיו Ruth 2:22; Ruth 3:2, נַעֲרֹתֶיהָ Genesis 24:61; Exodus 2:5, etc.; —
1. girl, damsel; קְטַנָּה נ׳ little girl only 2 Kings 5:2, compare 2 Kings 5:4, perhaps = young daughters Job 40:29 [Job 41:5]; elsewhere = young woman 1 Samuel 9:11; especially as marriageable, Genesis 24:14, 16, 28, 55, 57; Genesis 34:3, 12 (all J), Deuteronomy 22:15 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:29; 1 Kings 1:3, 4; Esther 2:4, 7, 8, 9, 12 (twice in verse); Esther 2:13; specifically virgin בְּתוּלָה נ׳ Judges 21:12; Deuteronomy 22:23, 28; 1 Kings 1:2; Esther 2:2, 3(compare Deuteronomy 22:15b; Deuteronomy 22:20); מְאֹרָשָׂה נ׳ betrothed girl Deuteronomy 22:25, 27; young widow Ruth 2:6; Ruth 4:12; of a concubine Judges 19:3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, a prostitute Amos 2:7.
2. of female attendants, maids (always plural), Genesis 24:61 (J), Exodus 2:5 (E), 1 Samuel 25:42; Proverbs 9:3; Proverbs 27:27; Proverbs 31:15; Esther 2:9 (twice in verse); Esther 4:4, 16; gleaners Ruth 2:5, 8, 22, 23; Ruth 3:2. —
Note. נער Kt in Pentateuch as feminine (Qr נַעֲרָ֯) is probably not original; it is not found in Sam. Pentateuch, and feminine plural נַעֲרֹתֶיהָ occurs Genesis, Exodus; compare Ges§§ 2n, 17c.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:14; 24:14; 24:16; 24:28; 24:55; 24:57; 24:61; 24:61; 34:3; 34:12

Exodus

2:5; 2:5

Deuteronomy

22:15; 22:15; 22:16; 22:19; 22:19; 22:20; 22:20; 22:21; 22:23; 22:24; 22:25; 22:26; 22:27; 22:28; 22:29

Judges

19:3; 19:3; 19:4; 19:5; 19:6; 19:8; 19:9; 21:12

Ruth

2:5; 2:6; 2:8; 2:22; 2:22; 2:23; 3:2; 3:2; 4:12

1 Samuel

9:11; 9:11; 25:42

1 Kings

1:2; 1:3; 1:4

2 Kings

5:2; 5:4

Esther

2:2; 2:3; 2:4; 2:7; 2:8; 2:9; 2:9; 2:12; 2:13; 4:4; 4:4; 4:16

Job

41:5

Proverbs

9:3; 27:27; 31:15

Amos

2:7

H5291

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5291 matches the Hebrew נַעֲרָה (naʿărâ),
which occurs 76 times in 57 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 24:14–Est 2:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - And let it come to pass, that the maiden to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink, and who will say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also, be she whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and hereby I shall know that thou hast dealt kindly with my master.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - And the maiden was very fair in countenance; a virgin, and no man had known her. And she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - And the maiden ran and told these things to her mother's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us some days, or say ten; after that she shall go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57 - And they said, Let us call the maiden and inquire at her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:61

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 - And Rebecca arose, and her maids, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebecca, and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:3 - And his soul fastened on Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden, and spoke consolingly to the maiden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the river; and her maids went along by the river's side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the sedge, and sent her handmaid and fetched it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15 - then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:16 - and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man as wife, and he hates her;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19 - and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath caused an evil name to be spread abroad against a virgin in Israel. And she shall remain his wife: he may not put her away all his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:20 - But if this thing is true, and virginity hath not been found with the damsel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - then they shall bring out the damsel unto the entrance of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought infamy in Israel, committing fornication in her father's house; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:23 - If a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:25 - But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her, then the man only that lay with her shall die;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - and unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing: there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and murdereth him, so is this matter;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:27 - for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was no one to save her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:28 - If a man find a damsel, a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:29 - then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - And her husband rose up and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again; and his servant was with him, and a couple of asses. And she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the damsel saw him he rejoiced to meet him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4 - And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him, and he abode with him three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:5 - And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart; and the damsel's father said to his son-in-law, Refresh thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterwards ye may go your way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6 - And they sat down, and ate and drank, both of them together. And the damsel's father said to the man, Be content, I pray thee, and pass the night, and let thy heart be glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8 - And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; but the damsel's father said, Refresh thy heart, I pray thee. And they lingered until the afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant; and his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold now, the day draws toward evening -- I pray you stay all night; behold, the day is declining, lodge here, and let thy heart be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go to thy tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women that were virgins, who had known no man by lying with any male, and they brought them to the camp, to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:5 - And Boaz said to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:6 - And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish maiden who came back with Naomi out of the fields of Moab;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - And Boaz said to Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from here, but keep here with my maidens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:22 - And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - So she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - And now, is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he is winnowing barley in the threshing-floor to-night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12 - and let thy house become like the house of Pherez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:11 - As they went up the ascent to the city, they met maidens going forth to draw water; and they said to them, Is the seer here?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42 - And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - And his servants said to him, Let there be found for my lord the king a young virgin; and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3 - And they sought for a fair damsel throughout the territory of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:4 - And the damsel was very fair; and cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2 - And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:4 - And he went and told his lord saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:2 - Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the young virgins of beautiful countenance to Shushan the fortress, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - And let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother -- and the maiden was fair and beautiful -- and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - And it came to pass when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the fortress, unto the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was brought into the king's house, unto the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - And the maiden pleased him, and obtained favour before him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, and her portions, and the seven maidens selected to be given her, out of the king's house; and he removed her and her maids to the best place of the house of the women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - And when every maiden's turn came to go in to king Ahasuerus after that she had been treated for twelve months, according to the manner of the women (for so were the days of their purification accomplished -- six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with things for the purifying of the women,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:13 - and thus came the maiden in unto the king), whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.

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