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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.
d. נ׳ with special stress on youthfulness Judges 8:20; 1 Samuel 17:33, 42; Hosea 11:1; Isaiah 3:4 compare Ecclesiastes 10:16; Isaiah 3:5; Isaiah 10:19; Jeremiah 1:6, 7; 1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 13:7; 34:3; so in phrase וְעַד זָקֵן מִנּ׳ Genesis 19:4 (J), Joshua 6:21 (J), Esther 3:13 compare Exodus 10:9 (E), Deuteronomy 28:50; Isaiah 20:4; Isaiah 65:20; Jeremiah 51:22; Lamentations 2:21; Psalm 37:25; Psalm 148:12; Proverbs 22:6.
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 —
b. = retainer, follower Genesis 14:24; 1 Samuel 25:5f.; 2 Samuel 2:14f.; 1 Kings 20:14f.; 2 Kings 19:6 = Isaiah 37:6; Job 1:15, 16, 17; Nehemiah 4:10; Nehemiah 4:17 — Zechariah 11:16 is corrupt, compare We Now. —
Note. נער occurs in Pentateuch as Kt with Qr perpet. נַעֲרָה which see.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H5288

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

Page 2 / 5 (Jdg 19:9–1Sa 21:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - Then the man arose to go along with his concubine and young H5288 man H5288, and his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Behold now, the day has drawn [fn]to a close; please spend the night. Behold, the day is [fn]coming to an end; spend the night here that your heart may be merry. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey so that you may go to your tent.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - They were alongside of Jebus, and the day was almost gone. And the young H5288 man H5288 said to his master, “Come, please, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - Then he said to his young H5288 man H5288, “Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, [fn]your maidservant, and the young H5288 man H5288 who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:5 - Then Boaz said to his young H5288 man H5288 who was [fn]in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:6 - The young H5288 man H5288 [fn]in charge of the reapers replied, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the fields of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:9 - “Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have commanded the young H5288 men H5288 not to touch you. And if you are thirsty, go to the [fn]water jars and drink from what the young H5288 men H5288 draw.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15 - Then she rose to glean, and Boaz commanded his young H5288 men H5288, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not dishonor her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:21 - Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “[fn]Furthermore, he said to me, ‘You should [fn]stay close to my young H5288 men H5288 until they have finished all my harvest.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:22 - But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “I will not go up until the young H5288 boy H5288 is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh and stay there forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one [fn]ephah of flour and a jug of wine and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh, although the boy H5288 was young H5288.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - Then they slaughtered the bull and brought the young H5288 boy H5288 to Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:27 - “For this young H5288 boy H5288 I prayed, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 -

Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the young H5288 boy H5288 ministered to Yahweh before Eli the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13 - And this was the legal judgment for the priests with the people: when any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s young H5288 man H5288 would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - Also, before they offered up the fat in smoke, the priest’s young H5288 man H5288 would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat for roasting; he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:17 - Thus the sin of the young H5288 men H5288 was very great before Yahweh, for the men spurned the offering of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 -

Now Samuel was ministering before Yahweh, as a [fn]young H5288 boy H5288 girded with a linen ephod.

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Yahweh indeed visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young H5288 boy H5288 Samuel grew before Yahweh.

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Now the young H5288 boy H5288 Samuel [fn]was growing in stature and in favor both with Yahweh and with men.

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Now the young H5288 boy H5288 Samuel was ministering to Yahweh before Eli. And word from Yahweh was rare in those days; [fn]visions were infrequent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - So Yahweh called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli discerned that Yahweh was calling the young H5288 boy H5288.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:21 - And she called the boy H5288 [fn]Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

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Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. So Kish said to his son Saul, “Take now with you one of the young H5288 men H5288, and arise, go search for the donkeys.”

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They came to the land of Zuph. And Saul said to his young H5288 man H5288 who was with him, “Come, and let us return, lest my father cease to be concerned about the donkeys and become anxious for us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:7 - Then Saul said to his young H5288 man H5288, “But behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is gone from our sack, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - And the young H5288 man H5288 answered Saul again and said, “Behold, I have in my hand a fourth of a [fn]shekel of silver; I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:10 - Then Saul said to his young H5288 man H5288, “Your word is good; come, let us go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.

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Then Samuel took Saul and his young H5288 man H5288 and brought them into the chamber and gave them a place at the head of those who were invited, who were about thirty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:27 - As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Say to the young H5288 man H5288 that he might pass before us and pass onwards, but you remain standing now, that I may cause you to hear the word of God.”

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Now Saul’s uncle said to him and his young H5288 man H5288, “Where did you go?” And he said, “To look for the donkeys. And we saw that they were not anywhere, so we went to Samuel.”

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Now the day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying his armor, “Come and let us cross over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.

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Then Jonathan said to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying his armor, “Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps Yahweh will work for us, for Yahweh is not restrained to save by many or by few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are these all the young H5288 men H5288?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is shepherding the sheep.” Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and [fn]bring him, for we will not turn around until he comes here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - Then one of the young H5288 men H5288 answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one who is understanding in speech, and man of fine form; and Yahweh is with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:33 - Then Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42 - And the Philistine looked and saw David. And he despised him; for he was but a youth H5288 and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.

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Now when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young H5288 man H5288?” And Abner said, “By your life, O king, I do not know.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58 - And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young H5288 man H5288?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:21 - “And behold, I will send the young H5288 man H5288, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I specifically say to the young H5288 man H5288, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, get them,’ then come, for there is peace for you and [fn]no harm, as Yahweh lives.

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Now it happened in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field for the appointment with David, and a very young H5288 man H5288 was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:36 - And he said to his young H5288 man H5288, “Run, find now the arrows which I am about to shoot.” As the young H5288 man H5288 was running, he shot [fn]an arrow past him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:37 - When the young H5288 man H5288 reached the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the lad H5288 and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan called after the young H5288 man H5288, “Hurry, be quick, do not stay!” And Jonathan’s young H5288 man H5288 gathered up the arrow and came to his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:39 - But the young H5288 man H5288 did not know of anything; only Jonathan and David knew about the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:40 - Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his young H5288 man H5288 and said to him, “Go, bring them to the city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - When the young H5288 man H5288 was gone, David rose from the south side and fell on his [fn]face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed each other and wept together, but David wept more.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2 - And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me with a matter and has said to me, ‘Let no one know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commanded you; and I have directed the young H5288 men H5288 to a certain place.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:4 - And the priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread [fn]on hand, but there is consecrated bread; if only the young H5288 men H5288 have kept themselves from women.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:5 - And David answered the priest and said to him, “Surely women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the vessels of the young H5288 men H5288 were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then today will [fn]their vessels be holy?”

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