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Lexicon :: Strong's H5291 - naʿărâ

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נַעֲרָה
Transliteration
naʿărâ
Pronunciation
nah-ar-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1389c

Strong’s Definitions

נַעֲרָה naʻărâh, nah-ar-aw'; feminine of H5288; a girl (from infancy to adolescence):—damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x

The KJV translates Strong's H5291 in the following manner: damsel (34x), maiden (16x), maid (7x), young (4x), young woman (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x
The KJV translates Strong's H5291 in the following manner: damsel (34x), maiden (16x), maid (7x), young (4x), young woman (1x).

  1. girl, damsel, female servant

    1. girl, damsel, little girl

      1. of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute

    2. maid, female attendant, female servant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נַעֲרָה naʻărâh, nah-ar-aw'; feminine of H5288; a girl (from infancy to adolescence):—damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
STRONGS H5291: Abbreviations
† II. נַעֲרָה noun feminine girl, damsel; — absolute נ׳ Judges 19:3 + 22 times, also Qr Genesis 24:14 + 20 times Genesis, Deuteronomy (נַעֲרָה Kt in Pentateuch only Deuteronomy 22:19, see below); plural absolute נְעָרוֺת 1 Samuel 9:11 +, construct נַעֲרוֺת Esther 4:4; suffix נַעֲרוֺתָיו Ruth 2:22; Ruth 3:2, נַעֲרֹתֶיהָ Genesis 24:61; Exodus 2:5, etc.; —
1. girl, damsel; קְטַנָּה נ׳ little girl only 2 Kings 5:2, compare 2 Kings 5:4, perhaps = young daughters Job 40:29 [Job 41:5]; elsewhere = young woman 1 Samuel 9:11; especially as marriageable, Genesis 24:14, 16, 28, 55, 57; Genesis 34:3, 12 (all J), Deuteronomy 22:15 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:29; 1 Kings 1:3, 4; Esther 2:4, 7, 8, 9, 12 (twice in verse); Esther 2:13; specifically virgin בְּתוּלָה נ׳ Judges 21:12; Deuteronomy 22:23, 28; 1 Kings 1:2; Esther 2:2, 3(compare Deuteronomy 22:15b; Deuteronomy 22:20); מְאֹרָשָׂה נ׳ betrothed girl Deuteronomy 22:25, 27; young widow Ruth 2:6; Ruth 4:12; of a concubine Judges 19:3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, a prostitute Amos 2:7.
2. of female attendants, maids (always plural), Genesis 24:61 (J), Exodus 2:5 (E), 1 Samuel 25:42; Proverbs 9:3; Proverbs 27:27; Proverbs 31:15; Esther 2:9 (twice in verse); Esther 4:4, 16; gleaners Ruth 2:5, 8, 22, 23; Ruth 3:2. —
Note. נער Kt in Pentateuch as feminine (Qr נַעֲרָ֯) is probably not original; it is not found in Sam. Pentateuch, and feminine plural נַעֲרֹתֶיהָ occurs Genesis, Exodus; compare Ges§§ 2n, 17c.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:14; 24:14; 24:16; 24:28; 24:55; 24:57; 24:61; 24:61; 34:3; 34:12

Exodus

2:5; 2:5

Deuteronomy

22:15; 22:15; 22:16; 22:19; 22:19; 22:20; 22:20; 22:21; 22:23; 22:24; 22:25; 22:26; 22:27; 22:28; 22:29

Judges

19:3; 19:3; 19:4; 19:5; 19:6; 19:8; 19:9; 21:12

Ruth

2:5; 2:6; 2:8; 2:22; 2:22; 2:23; 3:2; 3:2; 4:12

1 Samuel

9:11; 9:11; 25:42

1 Kings

1:2; 1:3; 1:4

2 Kings

5:2; 5:4

Esther

2:2; 2:3; 2:4; 2:7; 2:8; 2:9; 2:9; 2:12; 2:13; 4:4; 4:4; 4:16

Job

41:5

Proverbs

9:3; 27:27; 31:15

Amos

2:7

H5291

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5291 matches the Hebrew נַעֲרָה (naʿărâ),
which occurs 63 times in 57 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 24:14–Est 2:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - And it shall be, the virgin to whomsoever I shall say, Incline thy water-pot, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink, until they shall have done drinking—even this one thou hast prepared for thy servant Isaac, and hereby shall I know that thou hast dealt mercifully with my master Abraam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - And the virgin was very beautiful in appearance, she was a virgin, a man had not known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her water-pot, and came up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - And the damsel ran and reported to the house of her mother according to these words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - And her brethren and her mother said, Let the virgin remain with us about ten days, and after that she shall depart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57 - And they said, Let us call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 - And Rebecca rose up and her maidens, and they mounted the camels and went with the man; and the servant having taken up Rebecca, departed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:3 - And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke [fn]kindly to the damsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - Multiply your demand of dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as ye shall say to me, only ye shall give me this damsel for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - And the daughter of Pharao came down to the river to bathe; and her maids walked by the river's side, and having seen the ark in the ooze, she sent her maid, and took it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15 - then the father and the mother of the damsel shall take and bring out the damsel's tokens of virginity to the elders of the city to the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:16 - And the father of the damsel shall say to the elders, I gave this my daughter to this man for a wife;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19 - and shall fine him a hundred shekels, and shall give them to the father of the damsel, because he has brought forth an evil name against a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife: he shall never be able to put her away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:20 - But if this report be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - then shall they bring out the damsel to the doors of her father's house, and shall stone her with stones, and she shall die; because she has wrought folly among the children of Israel, to defile the house of her father by whoring: so thou shalt remove the evil one from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:23 - And if there be a young damsel espoused to a man, and a man should have found her in the city and have lain with her;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - ye shall bring them both out to the gate of their city, and they shall be stoned with stones, and they shall die; the damsel, because she cried not in the city; and the man, because he humbled his neighbour's spouse: so shalt thou remove the evil one from yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:25 - But if a man find in the field a damsel that is betrothed, and he should force her and lie with her, ye shall slay the man that lay with her only.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - And the damsel has not committed a sin worthy of death; as if a man should rise up against his neighbour, and slay [fn]him, so is this thing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:27 - because he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to help her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:28 - And if any one should find a young virgin who has not been betrothed, and should force her and lie with her, and be found,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:29 - the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the damsel fifty silver didrachms, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he shall never be able to put her away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - And her husband rose up, and went after her [fn]to speak kindly to her, to recover her to himself; and [fn]he had his young man with him, and a pair of asses; and she brought him into the house of her father; and the father of the damsel saw him, and was well pleased to meet him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4 - And his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, constrained him, and he staid with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:5 - And it came to pass on the fourth day that they rose early, and he stood up to depart; and the father of the damsel said to his son-in-law, Strengthen thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterwards ye shall go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6 - So they two sat down together and ate and drank: and the father of the damsel said to her husband, Tarry now the night, and let thy heart be merry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8 - And he rose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the father of the damsel said, Strengthen now thine heart, and [fn]quit thyself as a soldier till the day decline; and the two ate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his young man; but his father-in-law the father of the damsel said to him, Behold now, the day has declined toward evening; lodge here, and let thy heart rejoice; and ye shall rise early to-morrow for your journey, and thou shalt go to thy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found [fn]among the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to Selom in the land of Chanaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:5 - And Booz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose is this damsel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:6 - And his servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel who returned with Noemin out of the land of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - And Booz said to Ruth, Hast thou not heard, my daughter? go not to glean in another field; and depart not thou hence, join thyself here with my damsels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:22 - And Noemin said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is well, daughter, that thou wentest out with his damsels; thus they shall not meet thee in another field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Booz to glean until they had finished the barley-harvest and the wheat-harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - And now is not Booz our kinsman, with whose damsels thou wast? behold, he winnows barley this night in the floor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12 - And let thy house be as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore to Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:11 - As they went up the ascent to the city, they find damsels come out to draw water, and they say to them, Is the seer here?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42 - And Abigaia arose, and mounted her ass, and five damsels followed her: and she went after the servants of David, and became his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - And his servants said, Let them seek for the king a young virgin, and she shall wait on the king, and cherish him, and lie with him, and my lord the king shall be warmed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3 - So they sought for a fair damsel out of all the coasts of Israel; and they found Abisag the Somanite, and they brought her to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:4 - And the damsel was extremely beautiful, and she cherished the king, and ministered to him, but the king knew her not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2 - And the Syrians went forth [fn]in small bands, and took captive out of the land of Israel a little maid: and she [fn]waited on Naiman's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:4 - And she went in and told her lord, and said, Thus and thus spoke the maid from the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:2 - Then the servants of the king said, Let there be sought for the king chaste and beautiful young virgins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair and chaste young damsels and bring them to the city Susa, into the women's apartment, and let them be consigned to the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - And let the woman who shall please the king be queen instead of Astin. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - And he had a foster-child, daughter of Aminadab his father's brother, and her name was Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - And because the king's ordinance was published, many damsels were gathered to the city Susa under the hand of Gai; and Esther was brought to Gai the keeper of the women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - And the damsel pleased him, and she found favour in his sight; and he hasted to give her the things for purification, and her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace: and he treated her and her maidens well in the women's apartment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - Now this was the time for a virgin to go in to the king, when she should have fulfilled twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women's purifications.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:13 - And then the damsel goes in to the king; and the officer to whomsoever he shall give the command, will bring her to come in with him from the women's apartment to the king's chamber.

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