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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
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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 - When the man got up to go, along with his concubine and servant H5288, 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 so that your heart may be cheerful. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey and go [fn]home.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - When they were near Jebus, the day was almost gone; and the servant H5288 said to his master, “Please come, and let’s turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - And he said to his servant H5288, “Come, and let’s approach 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 feed for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, and [fn]your female slave, 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 servant H5288 who was [fn]in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:9 - “Keep your eyes on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have ordered the servants H5288 not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the [fn]water jars and drink from what the servants H5288 draw.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15 - When she got up to glean, Boaz commanded his servants H5288, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not [fn]insult her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:21 - Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “[fn]Furthermore, he said to me, ‘You are to stay close to my servants 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 until the child H5288 is weaned; then I will bring him, so that he may appear before the LORD and stay there for life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - Then they [fn]slaughtered the bull, and brought the boy H5288 to Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:27 - “For this boy H5288 I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my request which I asked of Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 -

Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the boy H5288 continued to attend to the service of the LORD before Eli the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13 - And this was the custom of the priests with the people: when anyone was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant H5288 would come while the meat was cooking, with a three-pronged fork in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - Also, before they [fn]burned the fat, the priest’s servant H5288 would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take cooked meat from you, only raw.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:17 - And so the sin of the young H5288 men H5288 was very great before the LORD, for the men treated the offering of the LORD disrespectfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 -

Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD, as a boy H5288 wearing a linen ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:21 -

[fn]The LORD indeed visited Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy H5288 Samuel grew up [fn]before the LORD.

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Now the boy H5288 Samuel was continuing to grow and to be in favor both with the LORD and with people.

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Now the boy H5288 Samuel was attending to the service of the LORD before Eli. And word from the LORD was rare in those days; [fn]visions were infrequent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:21

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

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Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, had wandered off. So Kish said to his son Saul, “Now take with you one of the servants H5288 and arise, go search for the donkeys.”

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When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant H5288 who was with him, “Come, and let’s return, or else my father will stop being concerned about the donkeys and will become anxious about us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - The servant H5288 answered Saul again and said, “Look, I have in my hand a fourth of a 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 servant H5288, “[fn]Good idea; come, let’s go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22 -

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:27 - As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Speak to the servant H5288 and have him go on ahead of us and pass by; but you stand here now, so that I may proclaim the word of God to you.”

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Now Saul’s uncle said to him and his servant H5288, “Where did you go?” And he said, “To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they were nowhere to be found, 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’s 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’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men; perhaps the LORD will work for us, because the LORD is not limited to saving by many or by few!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are these all the boys H5288?” And he said, “The youngest is still left, but behold, he is tending the sheep.” So Samuel said to Jesse, “Send word and bring him; for we will not take our places at the table 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 responded and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a valiant mighty man, a warrior, skillful in speech, and a handsome man; and the LORD is with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42 - When the Philistine looked and saw David, he was contemptuous of him; for he was only a youth H5288, and [fn]reddish, with a handsome appearance.

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Now when Saul had seen David going out against 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 - Then 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 - “Then behold, I will send the boy H5288, telling him, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I specifically say to the boy H5288, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, get them,’ then come, because it is safe for you and there is nothing to harm you, as the LORD lives.

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Now it came about in the morning that Jonathan went out to the field at the time agreed upon with David, and a little boy H5288 was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:36 - He said to his boy H5288, “Run, find now the arrows which I am about to shoot.” The boy H5288 ran, and he shot [fn]an arrow past him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:37

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - Then Jonathan called after the boy H5288, “Hurry, be quick, do not stay!” And Jonathan’s boy H5288 picked 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 boy H5288 was not aware 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 boy H5288 and said to him, “Go, bring them to the city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - When the boy H5288 was gone, David got up from the south side, then he fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed each other and wept together, until David wept immeasurably.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2 - David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned 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 - 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 Box 1Sa 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:5 - David answered the priest and said to him, “Be assured, women have been denied to us as previously when I left and the [fn]bodies of the young H5288 men H5288 were consecrated, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then will [fn]their bodies be consecrated today?”

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