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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 11 times in 11 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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And I will make H5414 mere boys H5288 their leaders H8269,

And [fn]mischievous H8586 children will rule H4910 over them,

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And the people H5971 will be oppressed H5065,

Each H376 one H376 by another H376, and each H376 one H376 by his neighbor H7453;

The youth H5288 will assault H7292 the elder H2205,

And the contemptible H7034 person will assault the one honored H3513.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - “For before H2962 the boy H5288 knows H3045 enough to refuse H3988 evil H7451 and choose H977 good H2896, the land H127 whose H834 two H8147 kings H4428 you dread H6973 will be abandoned H5800.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - for before H2962 the boy H5288 knows H3045 how to cry H7121 out H7121 ‘My father H1’ or ‘My mother H517,’ the wealth H2428 of Damascus H1834 and the spoils H7998 of Samaria H8111 will be carried H5375 away before H6440 the king H4428 of Assyria H804.”

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And the rest H7605 of the trees H6086 of his forest H3293 will be so small in number H4557

That a child H5288 could write H3789 them down H3789.

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And the wolf H2061 will dwell H1481 with the lamb H3532,

And the leopard H5246 will lie H7257 down H7257 with the young H1423 goat H1423,

And the calf H5695 and the young H3715 lion H3715 [fn]and the fattened H4806 steer H4806 will be together H3162;

And a little H6996 boy H5288 will lead H5090 them.

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And their bows H7198 will [fn]mow H7376 down H7376 the young H5288 men H5288,

They will not even have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 the fruit H6529 of the womb H990,

Nor will their eye H5869 pity H2347 [fn]children H1121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - so H3651 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 will lead H5090 away H5090 the captives H7628 of Egypt H4714 and the exiles H1546 of Cush H3568, young H5288 and old H2205, naked H6174 and barefoot H3182 with buttocks H8351 uncovered H2834, to the [fn]shame H6172 of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:6 - And Isaiah H3470 said H559 to them, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 you shall say H559 to your master H113: ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Do not be H3372 afraid 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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Though youths H5288 grow H3286 weary H3286 and tired H3021,

And vigorous H970 young H970 men H970 stumble H3782 badly H3782,

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“No H3808 longer H5750 will there be [fn]in it an infant H5764 who lives only a few days H3117,

Or an old H2205 person H2205 who H834 does not [fn]live H4390 out H4390 his days H3117;

For the youth H5288 will die H4191 at the age H1121 of a hundred H3967,

And the [fn]one who does H2398 not H2398 reach H2398 the age H1121 of a hundred H3967

Will be H7043 thought accursed H7043.

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