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Lexicon :: Strong's H5288 - naʿar

Aa
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 27 times in 24 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:24 - “[fn]I will take nothing H1107 except H1107 what H834 the young H5288 men H5288 have eaten H398, and the share H2506 of the men H376 who H834 went H1980 with me, Aner H6063, Eshcol H812, and Mamre H4471; let them take H3947 their share H2506.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - Abraham H85 also ran H7323 to the herd H1241, and took H3947 a tender H7390 and [fn]choice H2896 calf H1121 H1241 and gave H5414 it to the servant H5288, and he hurried H4116 to prepare H6213 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - Before H2962 they lay H7901 down H7901, the men H376 of the city H5892—the men H376 of Sodom H5467—surrounded H5437 the house H1004, both H4480 young H5288 and old H2205, all H3605 the people H5971 [fn]from every quarter H7097;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God H430 said H559 to Abraham H85, “[fn]Do not be distressed H7489 because H5921 of the boy H5288 and your slave H519 woman H519; whatever H3605 H834 Sarah H8283 tells H559 you, listen H8085 to her, for through H4480 Isaac H3327 [fn]your descendants H2233 shall be named H7121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - God H430 heard H8085 the boy H5288 crying H6963; and the angel H4397 of God H430 called H7121 to Hagar H1904 from heaven H8064 and said H559 to her, “[fn]What H4100 is the matter with you, Hagar H1904? Do not fear H3372, for God H430 has heard H8085 the voice H6963 of the boy H5288 where H834 H8033 he is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18 - “Get H6965 up H6965, lift H5375 up H5375 the boy H5288, and hold H2388 him by [fn]the hand H3027, for I will make H7760 a great H1419 nation H1471 of him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - Then God H430 opened H6491 her eyes H5869, and she saw H7200 a well H875 of water H4325; and she went H1980 and filled H4390 the [fn]skin H2573 with water H4325 and gave H8248 the boy H5288 a H8248 drink H8248.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 -

And God H430 was with the boy H5288, and he grew H1431; and he lived H3427 in the wilderness H4057 and became H1961 an archer H7235 H7199.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - So Abraham H85 got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and saddled H2280 his donkey H2543, and took H3947 two H8147 of his young H5288 men H5288 with him and his son H1121 Isaac H3327; and he split H1234 wood H6086 for the burnt H5930 offering H5930, and set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to the place H4725 of which H834 God H430 had told H559 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - Then Abraham H85 said H559 to his young H5288 men H5288, “Stay H3427 here H6311 with the donkey H2543, and I and the boy H5288 will go H1980 over H5704 H3541 there H5704 H3541; and we will worship H2331 and return H7725 to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - He said H559, “Do not reach H7971 out H7971 your hand H3027 against H413 the boy H5288, and do not do H6213 anything H3972 to him; for now H6258 I know H3045 that you [fn]fear H3372 God H430, since you have not withheld H2820 your son H1121, your only H3173 son H3173, from Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - So Abraham H85 returned H7725 to his young H5288 men H5288, and they got H6965 up H6965 and went H1980 together H3162 to Beersheba H884; and Abraham H85 lived H3427 in Beersheba H884.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 -

When the boys H5288 grew H1431 up H1431, Esau H6215 became H1961 a skillful H3045 hunter H376 H6718, a man H376 of the field H7704; but Jacob H3290 was a [fn]civilized H8535 man H376, living H3427 in tents H168.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - The young H5288 man H5288 did not delay H309 to do H6213 [fn]this H1697, because H3588 he was delighted H2654 with Jacob’s H3290 daughter H1323. Now he was more H4480 respected H3513 than H4480 all H3605 the household H1004 of his father H1.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These H428 are the records of the generations H8435 of Jacob H3290.

Joseph H3130, when he was seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 of age H1121, was pasturing H7462 the flock H6629 with his brothers H251, while he was still a youth H5288, along with the sons H1121 of Bilhah H1090 and the sons H1121 of Zilpah H2153, his father’s H1 wives H802. And Joseph H3130 brought H935 back a bad H1681 H7451 report H1681 about them to their father H1.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12 - “Now a Hebrew H5680 youth H5288 was there H8033 with us, a servant H5650 of the captain H8269 of the bodyguard H2876, and we told H5608 him the dreams, and he interpreted H6622 our dreams H2472 for us. For each H376 man H376 he interpreted H6622 according to his own dream H2472.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - So Judah H3063 said H559 to his father H1 Israel H3478, “Send H7971 the boy H5288 with me and we will arise H6965 and go H1980, so that we may live H2421 and not die H4191, we as H1571 well H1571 as H1571 you and our little H2945 ones H2945.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:22 - “But we said H559 to my lord H113, ‘The boy H5288 cannot H3201 H3808 leave H5800 his father H1, for if he should leave H5800 his father H1, [fn]his father would die H4191.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:30 - “So now H6258, when I come H935 to your servant H5650, my father H1, and the boy H5288 is not with us—since [fn]our father’s life H5315 is so H7194 attached H7194 to the boy’s life H5315—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - when he sees H7200 that the boy H5288 is not with us, he will die H4191. So your servants H5650 will bring H3381 the gray H7872 hair H7872 of your servant H5650, our father H1, down H3381 to Sheol H7585 in sorrow H3015.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:32 - “For your servant H5650 accepted H6148 responsibility H6148 for the boy H5288 from my father H1, saying H559, ‘If H518 I do not bring H935 him back to you, then [fn]my father H1 can let me take H2398 the blame H2398 forever H3605 H3117.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - “So now H6258, please H4994 let your servant H5650 remain H3427 as a slave H5650 to my lord H113 instead H8478 of H8478 the boy H5288, and let the boy H5288 go H5927 up H5927 with his brothers H251.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - “For how H349 shall I go H5927 up H5927 to my father H1 if the boy H5288 is not with me? I fear that I may see H7200 the evil H7451 that would [fn]overtake H4672 my father H1.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 -

The angel H4397 who has redeemed H1350 me from all H3605 evil H7451,

Bless H1288 the boys H5288;

And may my name H8034 [fn]live H7121 on H7121 in them,

And the [fn]names H8034 of my fathers H1 Abraham H85 and Isaac H3327;

And may they grow H1711 into a multitude H7230 in the midst H7130 of the earth H776.”

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