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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 26 times in 25 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - Then David H1732 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who told H5046 him, “How H349 do you know H3045 that Saul H7586 and his son H1121 Jonathan H3083 are dead H4191?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - The young H5288 man H5288 who told H5046 him said H559, “By H7122 chance H7122 I happened H7136 to H7136 be H7136 on Mount H2022 Gilboa H1533, and behold H2009, Saul H7586 was leaning H8172 on his spear H2595. And behold H2009, the chariots H7393 and the horsemen H6571 had overtaken H1692 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13 - Then David H1732 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who informed H5046 him, “Where H335 are you from?” And he [fn]answered H559, “I am the son H1121 of a stranger H1616, an Amalekite H6003.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:15 - Then David H1732 called H7121 one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 and said H559, “Come H5066 forward H5066, [fn]put H6293 him to H6293 death H6293.” So he struck H5221 him and he died H4191.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - Then Abner H74 said H559 to Joab H3097, “Now H4994 have the young H5288 men H5288 arise H6965 and hold H7832 a H7832 martial H7832 skills H7832 match H7832 in our presence H6440.” And Joab H3097 said H559, “Have them arise H6965!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - So Abner H74 said H559 to him, “Turn H5186 aside H5186 for your own good to your right H3225 or H176 to your left H8040, and take H270 hold H270 of one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 for yourself, and take H3947 for yourself his equipment H2488.” But Asahel H6214 was unwilling H3808 H14 to turn H5493 aside H5493 from following H310 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - Then David H1732 commanded H6680 the young H5288 men H5288, and they killed H2026 them and cut H7112 off H7112 their hands H3027 and feet H7272, and hung H8518 them up H8518 beside H5921 the pool H1295 in Hebron H2275. But they took H3947 the head H7218 of Ish-bosheth H378 and buried H6912 it in the grave H6913 of Abner H74 in Hebron H2275.

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Then the king H4428 summoned H7121 Saul’s H7586 servant H5288 Ziba H6717 and said H559 to him, “Everything H3605 that belonged H1961 to Saul H7586 and to all H3605 his house H1004 I have given H5414 to your master’s H113 [fn]grandson H1121.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David H1732 therefore pleaded H1245 with God H430 for the child H5288; and David H1732 fasted H6684 H6685 and went H935 and lay H7901 all H3885 night H3885 on the ground H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:17 - Then he called H7121 his young H5288 man H5288 who attended H8334 him and said H559, “Now H4994 throw H7971 this H2088 woman H2088 out H7971 of my presence, and lock H5274 the door H1817 behind H310 her!”

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Then Absalom H53 commanded H6680 his servants H5288, saying H559, “See H7200 now H4994, when Amnon’s H550 heart H3820 is cheerful H2895 with wine H3196, and I say H559 to you, ‘Strike H5221 Amnon H550,’ then put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191. Do not fear H3372; have I not commanded H6680 you myself H595? Be H2388 courageous H2388 and be [fn]valiant H1121 H2428.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - And the servants H5288 of Absalom H53 did H6213 to Amnon H550 just H834 as H834 Absalom H53 had commanded H6680. Then all H3605 the king’s H4428 sons H1121 got H6965 up H6965 and each H376 mounted H7392 his mule H6505 and fled H5127.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - And Jonadab H3082, the son H1121 of Shimeah H8093, David’s H1732 brother H251, [fn]responded H6030 H559, “Let my lord H113 not [fn]assume H559 that they have put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 all H3605 the young H5288 men H5288, the king’s H4428 sons H1121, for only H905 Amnon H550 is dead H4191; because H3588 this has been H1961 set H7760 up H7760 by the [fn]intent H6310 of Absalom H53 since H4480 the day H3117 that he violated H6031 his sister H269 Tamar H8559.

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Now Absalom H53 had fled H1272. And the young H5288 man H5288 who was the watchman H6822 raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, and behold H2009, many H7227 people H5971 were coming H1980 from the road H1870 behind H310 him by the side H6654 of the mountain H2022.

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Then the king H4428 said H559 to Joab H3097, “Behold H2009 now H4994, I [fn]will certainly do H6213 this H2088 thing H1697; go H1980 then, bring H7725 back H7725 the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom H53.”

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Now when David H1732 had gone H5674 on H5674 a little H4592 beyond H4480 the summit H7218, behold H2009, Ziba H6717 the servant H5288 of Mephibosheth H4648 met H7122 him with a team H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys H2543, and on them were two H3967 hundred H3967 loaves of bread H3899, a hundred H3967 cakes H6778 of H6778 raisins H6778, a hundred H3967 summer H7019 fruits H7019, and a jug H5035 of wine H3196.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - And the king H4428 said H559 to Ziba H6717, “Why H4100 do you have these H428?” And Ziba H6717 said H559, “The donkeys H2543 are for the king’s H4428 household H1004 to ride H7392, the bread H3899 and summer H7019 fruit H7019 are for the young H5288 men H5288 to eat H398, and the wine H3196, for whoever is weary H3287 in the wilderness H4057 to drink H8354.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:18 - But a boy H5288 did see H7200 them, and he told H5046 Absalom H53; so the two H8147 of them left H1980 quickly H4120 and came H935 to the house H1004 of a man H376 in Bahurim H980, who had a well H875 in his courtyard H2691, and they went H3381 down H3381 [fn]into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - But the king H4428 commanded H6680 Joab H3097, Abishai H52, and Ittai H863, saying H559, “Deal gently H328 with the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom H53 for my sake.” And all H3605 the people H5971 heard H8085 when the king H4428 commanded H6680 all H3605 the commanders H8269 regarding H5921 H1697 Absalom H53.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - But the man H376 said H559 to Joab H3097, “Even if H3863 I were to [fn]receive H8254 a thousand H505 pieces of silver H3701 in my hand H3709, I would not put H7971 out H7971 my hand H3027 against H413 the king’s H4428 son H1121; for in our hearing H241 the king H4428 commanded H6680 you, Abishai H52, and Ittai H863, saying H559, ‘[fn]Protect H8104 the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom H53 for me!’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:15 - And ten H6235 young H5288 men H5288 who carried H5375 Joab’s H3097 armor H3627 gathered H5437 around H5437 and struck H5221 Absalom H53 and killed H4191 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - But the king H4428 said H559, “Is it well H7965 with the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom H53?” And Ahimaaz H290 answered H559, “When Joab H3097 sent H7971 the king’s H4428 servant H5650, and your servant H5650, I saw H7200 a great H1419 commotion H1995, but I did not know H3045 what H4100 it was.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - Then the king H4428 said H559 to the Cushite H3569, “Is it well H7965 with the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom H53?” And the Cushite H3569 answered H559, “May the enemies H340 of my lord H113 the king H4428, and all H3605 who H834 rise H6965 up H6965 against H5921 you for evil H7451, be like that young H5288 man H5288!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:17 - And there were a thousand H505 men H376 of Benjamin H1144 with him, and Ziba H6717 the servant H5288 of the house H1004 of Saul H7586, and his fifteen H2568 H6240 sons H1121 and his twenty H6242 servants H5650 with him; and they rushed H6743 to the Jordan H3383 before H6440 the king H4428.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - Now one H376 of Joab’s H3097 young H5288 men H5288 stood H5975 by him and said H559, “Whoever H4310 H834 favors H2654 Joab H3097 and whoever H4310 H834 is for David H1732, follow H310 Joab H3097!”
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