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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 BoxGen 24:14 - And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and by that shall I know that thou hast shown kindness to my master.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man 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 damsel 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 damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57 - And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:61

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 - And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:3 - And his soul cleaved to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - Ask me never so much dower and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me: but give me the damsel for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river, and her maidens walked along by the river's side: and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch 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 to 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 to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, and he hateth her,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19 - And they shall amerce him in a hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the damsel, because he hath brought an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be 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 shall be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she may die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to be guilty of lewdness in her father's house: so shalt thou remove evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:23 - If a damsel that is a virgin shall be betrothed to a husband, and a man shall 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 to the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they may die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor's wife: so thou shalt remove evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:25 - But if a man shall find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man shall 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 - But to the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even 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, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:28 - If a man shall find a damsel that is 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 to 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 arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, and to bring her again, having his servant 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: so 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, when they arose early in the morning, that he arose to depart: and the damsel's father said to his son-in-law, Comfort thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward depart.

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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: for the damsel's father had said to the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thy heart be merry.

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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: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thy heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they ate both of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And when the man arose to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold now the day draweth towards evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day is coming to an end, lodge here, that thy heart may be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

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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 virgins that 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 - Then said Boaz to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel 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 damsel that came back with Naomi from the country of Moab:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - Then said Boaz to Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by 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 shouldst 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 fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean to the end of barley-harvest and of wheat-harvest; and 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 winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12 - And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:11 - And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and 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 went after 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 - Wherefore his servants said to him, Let there be sought 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 heat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3 - So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunamite, 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 by companies, 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 one went in, 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 ministered to him, Let there be fair young virgins 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 collect all the fair young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, into the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - And let the maiden who 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 maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree were heard, and when many maidens were assembled at Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also to the king's house, to 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 she obtained kindness from him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens who were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred 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 - Now when every maid's turn had come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:13 - Then thus came every maiden to 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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