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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 24 times in 21 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Now he went H5927 up H5927 from there H8033 to Bethel H1008; and as he was going H5927 up H5927 by the road H1870, some young H6996 boys H5288 came H3318 out H3318 from the city H5892 and ridiculed H7046 him and said H559 to him, “Go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142; go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:12 - Then he said H559 to his servant H5288 Gehazi H1522, “Call H7121 this H2088 Shunammite H7767.” And when he had called H7121 her, she stood H5975 before H6440 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - And he said H559 to his father H1, “My head H7218, my head H7218!” And his father said H559 to his servant H5288, “Carry H5375 him to his mother H517.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - Then she called H7121 to her husband H376 and said H559, “Please H4994 send H7971 me one H259 of the servants H5288 and one H259 of the donkeys H860, so that I may run H7323 to the man H376 of God H430 and return H7725.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled H2280 the donkey H860 and said H559 to her servant H5288, “Drive H5090 the donkey and go H1980 on; do not slow H6113 down H6113 [fn]the pace H7392 for me unless H3588 H518 I tell H559 you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:25 - So she went H1980 on and came H935 to the man H376 of God H430 at Mount H2022 Carmel H3760.

When the man H376 of God H430 saw H7200 her at a distance H4480 H5048, he said H559 to Gehazi H1522 his servant H5288, “Behold H2009, that H1975 person H1975 there H1975 is the Shunammite H7767.

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Then he said H559 to Gehazi H1522, “[fn]Get H2296 H4975 ready H2296 H4975 and take H3947 my staff H4938 in your hand H3027, and go H1980; if H3588 you meet H4672 anyone H376, do not [fn]greet H1288 him, and if H3588 anyone H376 [fn]greets H1288 you, do not reply H6030 to him. And lay H7760 my staff H4938 on the boy’s H5288 face H6440.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 - The mother H517 of the boy H5288 said H559, “As surely as the LORD H3068 lives H2416 and you yourself H5315 live H2416, I will not leave H5800 you.” So he got H6965 up H6965 and followed H1980 H310 her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - Then Gehazi H1522 went H5674 on H5674 ahead H6440 of them and laid H7760 the staff H4938 on the boy’s H5288 face H6440, but there H369 was H369 no H369 sound H6963 or H369 [fn]response H7182. So he returned H7725 to meet H7122 him and informed H5046 him, saying H559, “The boy H5288 has not awakened H6974.”

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When Elisha H477 entered H935 the house H1004, behold H2009 the boy H5288 was dead H4191, laid H7901 on his bed H4296.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35 - Then he returned H7725 and walked H1980 in the house H1004 back H2008 and forth H2008 once H259, and went H5927 up H5927 and bent H1457 down H1457 on him; and the boy H5288 sneezed H2237 seven H7651 times H6471, then the boy H5288 opened H6491 his eyes H5869.

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When Elisha H477 returned H7725 to Gilgal H1537, there was a famine H7458 in the land H776. [fn]As the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 were sitting H3427 in front H6440 of him, he said H559 to his servant H5288, “Put H8239 on the large H1419 pot H5518 and boil H1310 stew H5138 for the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14 - So he went H3381 down H3381 and dipped H2881 himself in the Jordan H3383 seven H7651 times H6471, in accordance with the word H1697 of the man H376 of God H430; and his flesh H1320 was restored H7725 like the flesh H1320 of a little H6996 child H5288, and he was H2891 clean H2891.

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But Gehazi H1522, the servant H5288 of Elisha H477 the man H376 of God H430, [fn]thought H559, “Behold H2009, my master H113 has spared H2820 this H2088 Naaman H5283 the Aramean H761, [fn]by not accepting H3947 from his hand H3027 what H834 he brought H935. As the LORD H3068 lives H2416, I will run H7323 after H310 him and take H3947 something H3972 from him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - And he said H559, “Everything is well H7965. My master H113 has sent H7971 me, saying H559, ‘Behold H2009, just H2088 now H6258 two H8147 young H5288 men H5288 of the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 have come H935 to me from the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669. Please H4994 give H5414 them a talent H3603 of silver H3701 and two H8147 changes H2487 of clothes H899.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - Naaman H5283 said H559, “Be H2974 sure H2974 to take H3947 two talents H3603.” And he urged H6555 him, and tied H6696 up H6696 two talents H3603 of silver H3701 in two H8147 bags H2754 with two H8147 changes H2487 of clothes H899, and gave H5414 them to two H8147 of his servants H5288; and they carried H5375 them before H6440 him.

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Now when the attendant H8334 of the man H376 of God H430 had risen H6965 early H7925 and gone H3318 out H3318, behold H2009, an army H2428 with horses H5483 and chariots H7393 was circling H5437 the city H5892. And his servant H5288 said H559 to him, “This H162 is H162 hopeless H162, my master H113! [fn]What H351 are we to do H6213?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17 - Then Elisha H477 prayed H6419 and said H559, “LORD H3068, please H4994, open H6491 his eyes H5869 so that he may see H7200.” And the LORD H3068 opened H6491 the servant’s H5288 eyes H5869, and he saw H7200; and behold H2009, the mountain H2022 was full H4390 of horses H5483 and chariots H7393 of fire H784 all H5439 around H5439 Elisha H477.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:4 - Now the king H4428 was speaking H1696 with Gehazi H1522, the servant H5288 of the man H376 of God H430, saying H559, “Please H4994 report H5608 to me all H3605 the great H1419 things H1419 that Elisha H477 has done H6213.”

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So the young H5288 man H5288, the servant H5288 of the prophet H5030, went H1980 to Ramoth-gilead H7433.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6 - And Isaiah H3470 said H559 to them, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 you shall say H559 to your master H113: ‘The LORD H3068 says H559 this H3541: “Do not be H3372 fearful H3372 because H4480 H6440 of the words H1697 that you have heard H8085, with which H834 the servants H5288 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 have blasphemed H1442 Me.
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