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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 11 times in 11 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 - “And now H6258, LORD H3068 my God H430, You have made H4427 Your servant H5650 king H4427 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 my father H1 David H1732, yet I am like a little H6996 boy H5288; I do not know H3045 how to [fn]go H3318 out H3318 or come H935 in H935.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17 - that Hadad H1908 fled H1272 [fn]to Egypt H4714, he and certain H376 Edomites H130 of his father’s H1 servants H5650 with him, while Hadad H1908 was a young H6996 boy H5288.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:28 - Now the man H376 Jeroboam H3379 was a valiant H2428 warrior H1368, and when Solomon H8010 saw H7200 that the young H5288 man H5288 was [fn]industrious H4399 H6213, he appointed H6485 him over all H3605 the [fn]forced H5447 labor H5447 of the house H1004 of Joseph H3130.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:3 - “Take H3947 ten H6235 loaves H3899 with you, some pastries H5350, and a jar H1228 of honey H1706, and go H935 to him. He will tell H5046 you what H4100 will happen H1961 to the boy H5288.”

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Then Jeroboam’s H3379 wife H802 arose H6965 and departed H1980, and came H935 to Tirzah H8656. As she was entering H935 the threshold H5592 of the house H1004, the child H5288 died H4191.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:43 - And he said H559 to his servant H5288, “Go H5927 up H5927 now H4994, look H5027 toward H1870 the sea H3220.” So he went H5927 up H5927 and looked H5027, but he said H559, “There H369 is H369 nothing H369 H3972.” Yet Elijah said H559, “Go H7725 back H7725” seven H7651 times H6471.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And he [fn]was H3372 afraid H3372, and got H6965 up H6965 and ran H1980 for his [fn]life H5315 and came H935 to Beersheba H884, which H834 belongs to Judah H3063; and he left H5117 his servant H5288 there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - But Ahab H256 said H559, “By whom H4310?” So he said H559, “The LORD H3068 says H559 this H3541: ‘By the young H5288 men H5288 of the leaders H8269 of the provinces H4082.’” Then he said H559, “Who H4310 will begin H631 the battle H4421?” And he said H559, “You will.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - So he mustered H6485 the young H5288 men H5288 of the leaders H8269 of the provinces H4082, and there were 232 H3967 H8147 H7970; and after H310 them he mustered H6485 all H3605 the people H5971, all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478: seven H7651 thousand H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - The young H5288 men H5288 of the leaders H8269 of the provinces H4082 went H3318 out H3318 first H7223; and Ben-hadad H1130 sent H7971 out H7971 scouts, and they reported H5046 to him, saying H559, “Men H376 have come H3318 out H3318 from Samaria H8111.”

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So these H428 men went H3318 out H3318 from the city H5892, the young H5288 men H5288 of the leaders H8269 of the provinces H4082, and the army H2428 which H834 followed H310 them.

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