Lexicon :: Strong's H5271 - nāʿur

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth onward. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

“you are to say, ‘Your servants, both we and our ancestors, have raised livestock[fn] from our youth until now.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to Egyptians.”

“But if the priest’s daughter becomes widowed or divorced, has no children, and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may share her father’s food. But no outsider may share it.

“When a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or puts herself under an obligation,

These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, or between a father and his daughter in his house during her youth.

“Now you can see that the king is leading you. As for me, I’m old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have led you from my youth until now.

But Saul replied, “You can’t go fight this Philistine. You’re just a youth, and he’s been a warrior since he was young.”

“Now get up! Go out and encourage[fn] your soldiers, for I swear by the LORD that if you don’t go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the trouble that has come to you from your youth until now! ”

But when I leave you, the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off to some place I don’t know. Then when I go report to Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

For you record bitter accusations against me

and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

for from my youth, I raised him as his father,

and since the day I was born[fn] I guided the widow —

Do not remember the sins of my youth

or my acts of rebellion;

in keeping with your faithful love, remember me

because of your goodness, LORD.

For you are my hope, Lord GOD,

my confidence from my youth.

God, you have taught me from my youth,

and I still proclaim your wondrous works.

He satisfies you[fn] with good things;

your youth is renewed like the eagle.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior

are the sons born in one’s youth.

Since my youth they have often attacked me —

let Israel say —

Then our sons will be like plants

nurtured in their youth,

our daughters, like corner pillars

that are carved in the palace style.

who abandons the companion of her youth

and forgets the covenant of her God;

Let your fountain be blessed,

and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.

“So take your stand with your spells

and your many sorceries,

which you have wearied yourself with from your youth.

Perhaps you will be able to succeed;

perhaps you will inspire terror!

“This is what they are to you —

those who have wearied you

and have traded with you from your youth —

each wanders on his own way;

no one can save you.

“For the LORD has called you,

like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,

a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”

says your God.

“Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says:

I remember the loyalty of your youth,

your love as a bride —

how you followed me in the wilderness,

in a land not sown.

Haven’t you recently called to me, “My Father!

You were my friend in my youth.

“From the time of our youth

the shameful one[fn] has consumed

what our ancestors have worked for —

their flocks and their herds,

their sons and their daughters.

I spoke to you when you were secure.

You said, “I will not listen.”

This has been your way since youth;

indeed, you have never listened to me.

“After my return, I felt regret;

After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief.

I was ashamed and humiliated

because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”

“From their youth, the Israelites and Judeans have done nothing but what is evil in my sight! They have done nothing but anger me by the work of their hands” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​

Moab has been left quiet since his youth,

settled like wine on its dregs.

He hasn’t been poured from one container to another

or gone into exile.

So his taste has remained the same,

and his aroma hasn’t changed.

It is good for a man to bear the yoke

while he is still young.

But I said, “Oh, Lord GOD, I have never been defiled. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts. And impure meat has never entered my mouth.”

“In all your detestable practices and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were stark naked and thrashing around in your blood.

“Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will also bring your conduct down on your own head. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. Haven’t you committed depravity in addition to all your detestable practices?

“But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a permanent covenant with you.

“who acted like prostitutes in Egypt, behaving promiscuously in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin nipples caressed.

“She didn’t give up her promiscuity that began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin nipples, and poured out their lust on her.

“Yet she multiplied her acts of promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth when she acted like a prostitute in the land of Egypt

“So you revisited the depravity of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your nipples to enjoy your youthful breasts.

There I will give her vineyards back to her

and make the Valley of Achor[fn]

into a gateway of hope.

There she will respond as she did

in the days of her youth,

as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.

Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth,

mourning for the husband of her youth.

“He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased[fn] me as a servant since my youth.’

And you ask, “Why? ” Because even though the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, you have acted treacherously against her. She was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.