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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 BoxGen 14:24 - save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who have gone with me -- Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre -- they take their portion.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - Before they lie down, the men of the city -- men of Sodom -- have come round about against the house, from young even unto aged, all the people from the extremity;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - and God saith unto Abraham, 'Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee -- hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - And God heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, 'What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he is;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18 - rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle with water, and causeth the youth to drink;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 - and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and taketh two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he cleaveth the wood of the burnt-offering, and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God hath spoken to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - and Abraham saith unto his young men, 'Remain by yourselves here with the ass, and I and the youth go yonder and worship, and turn back unto you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - and He saith, 'Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - And Abraham turneth back unto his young men, and they rise and go together unto Beer-Sheba; and Abraham dwelleth in Beer-Sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted with hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob is a plain man, inhabiting tents;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he is a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12 - And there is with us a youth, a Hebrew, servant to the chief of the executioners, and we recount to him, and he interpreteth to us our dreams, to each according to his dream hath he interpreted,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - And Judah saith unto Israel his father, 'Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:22 - and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:30 - 'And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:32 - for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - 'And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths, and my name is called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - and openeth, and seeth him -- the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - And Moses saith, 'With our young ones, and with our aged ones, we go, with our sons, and with our daughters, with our flock, and our herd, we go, for we have a festival to Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:5 - and he sendeth the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah -- calves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - And Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses face unto face, as a man speaketh unto his friend; and he hath turned back unto the camp, and his minister Joshua, son of Nun, a youth, departeth not out of the tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:27 - and the young man runneth, and declareth to Moses, and saith, 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - and the anger of God burneth because he is going, and a messenger of Jehovah stationeth himself in the way for an adversary to him, and he is riding on his ass, and two of his servants are with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:50

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:50 - a nation -- fierce of countenance -- which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - and they devote all that is in the city, from man even unto woman, from young even unto aged, even unto ox, and sheep, and ass, by the mouth of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And the young man, the spies, go in and bring out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all whom she hath; yea, all her families they have brought out, and place them at the outside of the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:10 - and if thou art afraid to go down -- go down, thou and Phurah thy young man, unto the camp,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:11 - and thou hast heard what they speak, and afterwards are thy hands strengthened, and thou hast gone down against the camp.' And he goeth down, he and Phurah his young man, unto the extremity of the fifties who are in the camp;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - and captureth a young man of the men of Succoth, and asketh him, and he describeth unto him the heads of Succoth, and its elders -- seventy and seven men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - And he saith to Jether his first-born, 'Rise, slay them;' and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he is yet a youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - and he calleth hastily unto the young man bearing his weapons, and saith to him, 'Draw thy sword, and thou hast put me to death, lest they say of me -- A woman slew him;' and his young man pierced him through, and he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - and he saith to me, Lo, thou art pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb till the day of his death.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8 - And Manoah maketh entreaty unto Jehovah, and saith, 'O, my Lord, the man of God whom Thou didst send, let him come in, I pray thee, again unto us, and direct us what we do to the youth who is born.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:12 - And Manoah saith, 'Now let thy words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth -- and his work?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:24 - And the woman beareth a son, and calleth his name Samson, and the youth groweth, and Jehovah doth bless him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - And Samson saith unto the young man who is keeping hold on his hand, 'Let me alone, and let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, and I lean upon them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he is a Levite, and he is a sojourner there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:11 - And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:12 - And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3 - They are with the household of Micah, and they have discerned the voice of the young man, the Levite, and turn aside there, and say to him, 'Who hath brought thee hither? and what art thou doing in this place? and what to thee here?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:15 - And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - And her husband riseth and goeth after her, to speak unto her heart, to bring her back, and his young man is with him, and a couple of asses; and she bringeth him into the house of her father, and the father of the young woman seeth him, and rejoiceth to meet him.

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