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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 23 times in 21 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:10 - “But if H518 you are afraid H3372 to go H3381 down H3381, go H3381 with Purah H6513 your servant H5288 down H3381 to the camp H4264,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:11 - so that you will hear H8085 what H4100 they say H1696; and afterward H310 [fn]you will have H2388 the courage H3027 H2388 to go H3381 down H3381 against the camp H4264.” So he went H3381 down H3381 with Purah H6513 his servant H5288 to the [fn]outposts H7097 of the army H2571 that was in the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - And he captured H3920 a youth H5288 from [fn]Succoth H5523 and questioned H7592 him. Then the youth wrote H3789 down H3789 for him the leaders H8269 of Succoth H5523 and its elders H2205, seventy-seven H7657 men H376.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - So he said H559 to Jether H3500 his firstborn H1060, “Rise H6965, kill H2026 them.” But the youth H5288 did not draw H8025 his sword H2719, for he was H3372 afraid H3372, because H3588 he was still H5750 a youth H5288.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - Then he called H7121 quickly H4120 to the young H5288 man H5288, his armor H3627 bearer H5375, and said H559 to him, “Draw H8025 your sword H2719 and kill H4191 me, so H6435 that H6435 it will not H6435 be said H559 of me, ‘A woman H802 killed H2026 him.’” So [fn]the young H5288 man H5288 pierced H1856 him through H1856, and he died H4191.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - “For behold H2009, you will conceive H2030 and give H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and no H3808 razor H4177 shall come H5927 upon his head H7218, for the boy H5288 shall be a Nazirite H5139 to God H430 from the womb H990; and he will begin H2490 to save H3467 Israel H3478 from the hands H3027 of the Philistines H6430.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - “But he said H559 to me, ‘Behold H2009, you shall conceive H2030 and give H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and now H6258 you shall not drink H8354 wine H3196 or strong H7941 drink H7941, nor H408 eat H398 any H3605 [fn]unclean H2932 thing H2932, for the boy H5288 shall be a Nazirite H5139 to God H430 from the womb H990 to the day H3117 of his death H4194.’”

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Then Manoah H4495 pleaded H6279 with the LORD H3068 and said H559, “Lord H136, please H4994 let the man H376 of God H430 whom H834 You have sent H7971 come H935 to us again H5750 so that he may teach H3384 us what H4100 we are to do H6213 for the boy H5288 who is to be born H3205.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:12 - Then Manoah H4495 said H559, “Now H6258 when your words H1697 [fn]are fulfilled H935, what H4100 shall be the boy’s H5288 way H4941 of H4941 life H4941 and his vocation H4639?”

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So the woman H802 gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and named H7121 H8034 him Samson H8123; and the child H5288 grew H1431 up H1431 and the LORD H3068 blessed H1288 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - Then Samson H8123 said H559 to the boy H5288 who was holding H2388 his hand H3027, “[fn]Let H5117 me feel H4184 the pillars H5982 on which H834 the house H1004 rests H3559, so that I may lean H8172 against H5921 them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 -

Now there was a young H5288 man H5288 from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah H3063, of the family H4940 of Judah H3063, who H1931 was a Levite H3881; and he was [fn]staying H1481 there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:11 - The Levite H3881 agreed H2974 to live H3427 with the man H376, and the young H5288 man H5288 became H1961 to him like one H259 of his sons H1121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:12 - So Micah H4318 [fn]consecrated H4390 H3027 the Levite H3881, and the young H5288 man H5288 became H1961 his priest H3548 and [fn]lived H1961 in the house H1004 of Micah H4318.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3 - When they were near H5973 the house H1004 of Micah H4318, they recognized H5234 the voice H6963 of the young H5288 man H5288, the Levite H3881; and they turned H5493 aside H5493 there H8033 and said H559 to him, “Who H4310 brought H935 you here H1988? And what H4100 are you doing H6213 in this H2088 place? And what H4100 do you have here H6311?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:15 - So they turned H5493 aside H5493 there H8033 and came H935 to the house H1004 of the young H5288 man H5288, the Levite H3881, to the house H1004 of Micah H4318, and asked H7592 [fn]him how H7965 he was doing H7965.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - Then her husband H376 set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 after H310 her to speak H1696 [fn]gently H3820 to her in order to bring H7725 her back H7725, [fn]taking with him his servant H5288 and a pair H6776 of donkeys H2543. And she brought H935 him into her father’s H1 house H1004, and when the girl’s H5291 father H1 saw H7200 him, he was H8055 glad H8055 to meet H7122 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - When the man H376 got H6965 up H6965 to go H1980, along with his concubine H6370 and servant H5288, his father-in-law H2859, the girl’s H5291 father H1, said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now H4994, the day H3117 has drawn H7503 [fn]to a close H6150; please H4994 spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885. Behold H2009, the day H3117 is [fn]coming H2583 to H2583 an H2583 end H2583; spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 here H6311 so that your heart H3824 may be H3190 cheerful H3190. Then tomorrow H4279 you may arise H7925 early H7925 for your journey H1870 and go H1980 [fn]home H168.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - When they were near H5973 Jebus H2982, the day H3117 was almost H3966 gone H3381; and the servant H5288 said H559 to his master H113, “Please H4994 come H1980, and let’s turn H5493 aside H5493 into this H2088 city H5892 of the Jebusites H2983 and spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - And he said H559 to his servant H5288, “Come H1980, and let’s approach H7126 one H259 of these places H4725; and we will spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 in Gibeah H1390 or H176 Ramah H7414.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “Yet there H3426 is H3426 both H1571 straw H8401 and feed H4554 for our donkeys H2543, and also H1571 bread H3899 and wine H3196 for me, and [fn]your female H519 slave H519, and the young H5288 man H5288 who is with your servants H5650; there H369 is H369 no H369 lack H4270 of anything H3605 H1697.”
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