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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5288 matches the Hebrew נַעַר (naʿar),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - And from that day H3117 on, half H2677 of my servants H5288 carried H6213 on the work H4399 while half H2677 of them kept hold H2388 of the spears H7420, the shields H4043, the bows H7198, and the coats H8302 of H8302 mail H8302; and the captains H8269 were behind H310 all H3605 the house H1004 of Judah H3063.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - At that time H6256 I also H1571 said H559 to the people H5971, “Each H376 man H376 with his servant H5288 shall spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 within H8432 Jerusalem H3389, so that they may be a guard H4929 for us by night H3915 and a laborer H4399 by day H3117.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - So neither H369 I, my brothers H251, my servants H5288, nor H369 the men H376 of the guard H4929 who H834 followed H310 me—none H369 of us [fn]removed H6584 our clothes H899; each H376 took his weapon H7973 even to the water H4325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:10 - “And likewise H1571 I, my brothers H251, and my servants H5288 are lending H5383 them money H3701 and grain H1715. Please H4994, let’s [fn]do H5800 without H5800 this H2088 interest H4855.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the previous H7223 governors H6346 who H834 were before H6440 me [fn]laid H3513 burdens H3513 on the people H5971 and took H3947 from them bread H3899 and wine H3196 besides H310 forty H705 shekels H8255 of silver H3701; even H1571 their servants H5288 domineered H7980 the people H5971. But I did not do H6213 so H3651 because H4480 H6440 of my fear H3374 of God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:16 - I also H1571 [fn]applied H2388 myself to the work H4399 on this H2088 wall H2346; we did not buy H7069 any land H7704, and all H3605 my servants H5288 were gathered H6908 there H8033 for the work H4399.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:5 - Then Sanballat H5571 sent H7971 his servant H5288 to me in the same H2088 way H1697 a fifth H2549 time H6471 with an open H6605 letter H107 in his hand H3027.

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And it came H1961 about H1961 that just H834 as H834 it became H6751 dark H6751 at the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 before H6440 the Sabbath H7676, I ordered H559 that the doors H1817 be shut H5462, [fn]and that they were not to open H6605 them until H5704 after H310 the Sabbath H7676. Then I stationed H5975 some of my servants H5288 at the gates H8179 so that no H3808 load H4853 would enter H935 on the Sabbath H7676 day H3117.

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