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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 1 / 5 (Gen 14:24–Jdg 19:3)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:24 - exceptis his quae comederunt iuvenes et partibus virorum qui venerunt mecum Aner Eschol et Mambre isti accipient partes suas

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - ipse vero ad armentum cucurrit et tulit inde vitulum tenerrimum et optimum deditque puero qui festinavit et coxit illum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - prius autem quam irent cubitum viri civitatis vallaverunt domum a puero usque ad senem omnis populus simul

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - cui dixit Deus non tibi videatur asperum super puero et super ancilla tua omnia quae dixerit tibi Sarra audi vocem eius quia in Isaac vocabitur tibi semen

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - exaudivit autem Deus vocem pueri vocavitque angelus Domini Agar de caelo dicens quid agis Agar noli timere exaudivit enim Deus vocem pueri de loco in quo est

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18 - surge tolle puerum et tene manum illius quia in gentem magnam faciam eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - aperuitque oculos eius Deus quae videns puteum aquae abiit et implevit utrem deditque puero bibere

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 - et fuit cum eo qui crevit et moratus est in solitudine et factus est iuvenis sagittarius

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - igitur Abraham de nocte consurgens stravit asinum suum ducens secum duos iuvenes et Isaac filium suum cumque concidisset ligna in holocaustum abiit ad locum quem praeceperat ei Deus

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - dixitque ad pueros suos expectate hic cum asino ego et puer illuc usque properantes postquam adoraverimus revertemur ad vos

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - dixitque ei non extendas manum tuam super puerum neque facias illi quicquam nunc cognovi quod timeas Dominum et non peperceris filio tuo unigenito propter me

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - reversus est Abraham ad pueros suos abieruntque Bersabee simul et habitavit ibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - quibus adultis factus est Esau vir gnarus venandi et homo agricola Iacob autem vir simplex habitabat in tabernaculis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - nec distulit adulescens quin statim quod petebatur expleret amabat enim puellam valde et ipse erat inclitus in omni domo patris sui

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - et hae sunt generationes eius Ioseph cum sedecim esset annorum pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer et erat cum filiis Balae et Zelphae uxorum patris sui accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12 - erat ibi puer hebraeus eiusdem ducis militum famulus cui narrantes somnia

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - Iudas quoque dixit patri suo mitte puerum mecum ut proficiscamur et possimus vivere ne moriamur nos et parvuli nostri

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:22 - suggessimus domino meo non potest puer relinquere patrem suum si enim illum dimiserit morietur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:30 - igitur si intravero ad servum tuum patrem nostrum et puer defuerit cum anima illius ex huius anima pendeat

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - videritque eum non esse nobiscum morietur et deducent famuli tui canos eius cum dolore ad inferos

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:32 - ego proprie servus tuus qui in meam hunc recepi fidem et spopondi dicens nisi reduxero eum peccati reus ero in patrem meum omni tempore

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - manebo itaque servus tuus pro puero in ministerium domini mei et puer ascendat cum fratribus suis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - non enim possum redire ad patrem absente puero ne calamitatis quae oppressura est patrem meum testis adsistam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - angelus qui eruit me de cunctis malis benedicat pueris et invocetur super eos nomen meum nomina quoque patrum meorum Abraham et Isaac et crescant in multitudinem super terram

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - aperiens cernensque in ea parvulum vagientem miserta eius ait de infantibus Hebraeorum est

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - ait Moses cum parvulis nostris et senibus pergemus cum filiis et filiabus cum ovibus et armentis est enim sollemnitas Domini nostri

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:5 - misitque iuvenes de filiis Israhel et obtulerunt holocausta immolaveruntque victimas pacificas Domino vitulos

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - loquebatur autem Dominus ad Mosen facie ad faciem sicut loqui solet homo ad amicum suum cumque ille reverteretur in castra minister eius Iosue filius Nun puer non recedebat de tabernaculo

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:27 - cumque prophetarent in castris cucurrit puer et nuntiavit Mosi dicens Heldad et Medad prophetant in castris

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - et iratus est Deus stetitque angelus Domini in via contra Balaam qui sedebat asinae et duos pueros habebat secum

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:50

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:50 - gentem procacissimam quae non deferat seni nec misereatur parvulo

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - et interfecerunt omnia quae erant in ea a viro usque ad mulierem ab infante usque ad senem boves quoque et oves et asinos in ore gladii percusserunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - ingressique iuvenes eduxerunt Raab et parentes eius fratres quoque et cunctam supellectilem ac cognationem illius et extra castra Israhel manere fecerunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:10 - sin autem solus ire formidas descendat tecum Phara puer tuus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:11 - et cum audieris quid loquantur tunc confortabuntur manus tuae et securior ad hostium castra descendes descendit ergo ipse et Phara puer eius in partem castrorum ubi erant armatorum vigiliae

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - adprehendit puerum de viris Soccoth interrogavitque eum nomina principum et seniorum Soccoth et descripsit septuaginta septem viros

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - dixitque Ietther primogenito suo surge et interfice eos qui non eduxit gladium timebat enim quia adhuc puer erat

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - qui vocavit cito armigerum suum et ait ad eum evagina gladium tuum et percute me ne forte dicatur quod a femina interfectus sim qui iussa perficiens interfecit eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - quia concipies et paries filium cuius non tanget caput novacula erit enim nazareus Dei ab infantia sua et ex matris utero et ipse incipiet liberare Israhel de manu Philisthinorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - sed hoc respondit ecce concipies et paries filium cave ne vinum bibas et siceram et ne aliquo vescaris inmundo erit enim puer nazareus Dei ab infantia sua et ex utero matris usque ad diem mortis suae

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8 - oravit itaque Manue Deum et ait obsecro Domine ut vir Dei quem misisti veniat iterum et doceat nos quid debeamus facere de puero qui nasciturus est

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:12 - cui Manue quando inquit sermo tuus fuerit expletus quid vis ut faciat puer aut a quo se observare debebit

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:24 - peperit itaque filium et vocavit nomen eius Samson crevitque puer et benedixit ei Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - qui dixit puero regenti gressus suos dimitte me ut tangam columnas quibus omnis inminet domus ut recliner super eas et paululum requiescam

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - fuit quoque alter adulescens de Bethleem Iuda et cognatione eius eratque ipse Levites et habitabat ibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:11 - adquievit et mansit apud hominem fuitque illi quasi unus de filiis

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:12 - implevitque Micha manum eius et habuit apud se puerum sacerdotem

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3 - et agnoscentes vocem adulescentis Levitae utentesque illius diversorio dixerunt ad eum quis te huc adduxit quid hic agis quam ob causam huc venire voluisti

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:15 - et cum paululum declinassent ingressi sunt domum adulescentis Levitae qui erat in domo Micha salutaveruntque eum verbis pacificis

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - secutusque est eam vir suus volens ei reconciliari atque blandiri et secum reducere habens in comitatu puerum et duos asinos quae suscepit eum et introduxit in domum patris sui quod cum audisset socer eius eumque vidisset occurrit ei laetus

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