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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.
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
Note. נער occurs in Pentateuch as Kt with Qr perpet. נַעֲרָה which see.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5288 matches the Hebrew נַעַר (naʿar),
which occurs 60 times in 52 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Sa 1:22–1Sa 26:22)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:22 - But Hannah H2584 did not go H5927 up H5927, for she said H559 to her husband H376, “I will not go until H5704 the child H5288 is weaned H1580; then I will bring H935 him, so that he may appear H7200 before H6440 the LORD H3068 and stay H3427 there H8033 for life H5769.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - Now when H834 she had weaned H1580 him, she took H5927 him up H5927 with her, with a three-year-old H7969 bull H6499, one H259 ephah H374 of flour H7058, and a jug H5035 of wine H3196, and brought H935 him to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in Shiloh H7887, although the child H5288 was young H5288.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - Then they [fn]slaughtered H7819 the bull H6499, and brought H935 the boy H5288 to Eli H5941.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:27 - “For this H2088 boy H5288 I prayed H6419, and the LORD H3068 has granted H5414 me my request H7596 which H834 I asked H7592 of Him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 -

Then Elkanah H511 went H1980 to his home H1004 at Ramah H7414. But the boy H5288 continued H1961 to attend H8334 to H8334 the service H8334 of the LORD H3068 before H6440 Eli H5941 the priest H3548.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13 - And this was the custom H4941 of the priests H3548 with the people H5971: when anyone H3605 H376 was offering H2076 a sacrifice H2077, the priest’s H3548 servant H5288 would come H935 while the meat H1320 was cooking H1310, with a three-pronged H7969 H8127 fork H4207 in his hand H3027.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - Also H1571, before H2962 they [fn]burned H6999 the fat H2459, the priest’s H3548 servant H5288 would come H935 and say H559 to the man H376 who was sacrificing H2076, “Give H5414 the priest H3548 meat H1320 for roasting H6740, as he will not take H3947 cooked H1310 meat H1320 from you, only H3588 H518 raw H2416.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:17 - And so the sin H2403 of the young H5288 men H5288 was very H3966 great H1419 before H6440 the LORD H3068, for the men H376 treated H5006 the offering H4503 of the LORD H3068 disrespectfully H5006.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 -

Now Samuel H8050 was ministering H8334 before H6440 the LORD H3068, as a boy H5288 wearing H2296 a linen H906 ephod H646.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:21 -

[fn]The LORD H3068 indeed H3588 visited H6485 Hannah H2584, and she conceived H2029 and gave H3205 birth H3205 to three H7969 sons H1121 and two H8147 daughters H1323. And the boy H5288 Samuel H8050 grew H1431 up H1431 [fn]before H5973 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:26 -

Now the boy H5288 Samuel H8050 was continuing H1980 to grow H1432 and to be in favor H2896 both H1571 with the LORD H3068 and with people H376.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 -

Now the boy H5288 Samuel H8050 was attending H8334 to H8334 the service H8334 of the LORD H3068 before H6440 Eli H5941. And word H1697 from the LORD H3068 was rare H3368 in those H1992 days H3117; [fn]visions H2377 were H6555 infrequent H369 H6555.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - So the LORD H3068 called H7121 Samuel H8050 again H3254 for the third H7992 time H7992. And he got H6965 up H6965 and went H1980 to Eli H5941 and said H559, “Here H2009 I am, for you called H7121 me.” Then Eli H5941 realized H995 that the LORD H3068 was calling H7121 the boy H5288.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:21 - And she named H7121 the boy H5288 [fn]Ichabod H350, saying H559, “The glory H3519 has departed H1540 from Israel H3478,” because H413 the ark H727 of God H430 had been taken H3947 and because H413 of her father-in-law H2524 and her husband H376.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:3 -

Now the donkeys H860 of Kish H7027, Saul’s H7586 father H1, had wandered H6 off H6. So Kish H7027 said H559 to his son H1121 Saul H7586, “Now H4994 take H3947 with you one H259 of the servants H5288 and arise H6965, go H1980 search H1245 for the donkeys H860.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 -

When they came H935 to the land H776 of Zuph H6689, Saul H7586 said H559 to his servant H5288 who H834 was with him, “Come H1980, and let’s return H7725, or H6435 else H6435 my father H1 will stop H2308 being concerned about H4480 the donkeys H860 and will become H1672 anxious H1672 about us.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:7 - Then Saul H7586 said H559 to his servant H5288, “But look H2009, if we go H1980, what H4100 shall we bring H935 the man H376? For the bread H3899 is H235 gone H235 from our sacks H3627 and there H369 is H369 no H369 gift H8670 to bring H935 to the man H376 of God H430. What H4100 do we have H854?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - The servant H5288 answered H6030 Saul H7586 again H3254 and said H559, “Look H2009, I have H4672 in my hand H3027 a fourth H7253 of a shekel H8255 of silver H3701; I will give H5414 it to the man H376 of God H430 and he will tell H5046 us our way H1870.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:10 - Then Saul H7586 said H559 to his servant H5288, “[fn]Good H2896 idea H1697; come H1980, let’s go H1980.” So they went H1980 to the city H5892 where H834 H8033 the man H376 of God H430 was.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22 -

Then Samuel H8050 took H3947 Saul H7586 and his servant H5288 and brought H935 them into the hall H3957, and gave H5414 them a place H4725 at the head H7218 of those who were invited H7121, who H1992 were about thirty H7970 men H376.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:27 - As they were going H3381 down H3381 to the edge H7097 of the city H5892, Samuel H8050 said H559 to Saul H7586, “Speak H559 to the servant H5288 and have him go H5674 on H5674 ahead H6440 of us and pass H5674 by H5674; but you stand H5975 here now H3117, so that I may proclaim H8085 the word H1697 of God H430 to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:14 -

Now Saul’s H7586 uncle H1730 said H559 to him and his servant H5288, “Where H575 did you go H1980?” And he said H559, “To look H1245 for H1245 the donkeys H860. When we saw H7200 that they were nowhere H369 to be found, we went H935 to Samuel H8050.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:1 -

Now the day H3117 came H1961 that Jonathan H3083, the son H1121 of Saul H7586, said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let’s cross H5674 over H5674 to the Philistines’ H6430 garrison H4673 that is on the other H1975 side H5676.” But he did not tell H5046 his father H1.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 -

Then Jonathan H3083 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let’s cross H5674 over H5674 to the garrison H4673 of these H428 uncircumcised H6189 men; perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 will work H6213 for us, because H3588 the LORD H3068 is not limited H4622 to saving H3467 by many H7227 or H176 by few H4592!”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel H8050 said H559 to Jesse H3448, “Are H8552 these all H8552 the boys H5288?” And he said H559, “The youngest H6996 is still H5750 left H7604, but behold H2009, he is tending H7462 the sheep H6629.” So Samuel H8050 said H559 to Jesse H3448, “Send H7971 word and bring H3947 him; for we will not take H5437 our places H5437 at H5437 the table H5437 until H5704 he comes H935 here H6311.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - Then one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 responded H6030 and said H559, “Behold H2009, I have seen H7200 a son H1121 of Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite H1022 who is a skillful H3045 musician H5059, a valiant H2428 mighty H1368 man H1368, a warrior H4421, skillful H995 in speech H1697, and a handsome H8389 man H376; and the LORD H3068 is with him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:33 - But Saul H7586 said H559 to David H1732, “You are H3201 not able H3201 to go H1980 against H413 this H2088 Philistine H6430 to fight H3898 him; for you are only a youth H5271, while he has been a warrior H4421 since H4480 his youth H5271.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42 - When the Philistine H6430 looked H5027 and saw H7200 David H1732, he was H959 contemptuous H959 of him; for he was only a youth H5288, and [fn]reddish H132, with a handsome H3303 appearance H4758.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:55 -

Now when Saul H7586 had seen H7200 David H1732 going H3318 out H3318 against H7122 the Philistine H6430, he said H559 to Abner H74 the commander H8269 of the army H6635, “Abner H74, whose H4310 son H1121 is this H2088 young H5288 man H5288?” And Abner H74 said H559, “By your life H5315, O king H4428, I do not know H3045.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58 - Then Saul H7586 said H559 to him, “Whose H4310 son H1121 are you, young H5288 man H5288?” And David H1732 answered H559, “I am the son H1121 of your servant H5650 Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite H1022.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:21 - “Then behold H2009, I will send H7971 the boy H5288, telling him, ‘Go H1980, find H4672 the arrows H2671.’ If H518 I specifically H559 say H559 to the boy H5288, ‘Behold H2009, the arrows H2671 are on this H2008 side H2008 of you, get H3947 them,’ then come H935, because H3588 it is safe H7965 for you and there is nothing H369 H1697 to harm you, as the LORD H3068 lives H2416.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:35 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the morning H1242 that Jonathan H3083 went H3318 out H3318 to the field H7704 at the time H4150 agreed H4150 upon H4150 with David H1732, and a little H6996 boy H5288 was with him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:36 - He said H559 to his boy H5288, “Run H7323, find H4672 now H4994 the arrows H2671 which H834 I am about to shoot H3384.” The boy H5288 ran H7323, and he shot H3384 [fn]an arrow H2678 past H5674 him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:37 - When the boy H5288 reached H935 the location H4725 of the arrow H2678 which H834 Jonathan H3083 had shot H3384, Jonathan H3083 called H7121 after H310 the boy H5288 and said H559, “Is the arrow H2678 not beyond H4480 H1973 you?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - Then Jonathan H3083 called H7121 after H310 the boy H5288, “Hurry H4120, be quick H2363, do not stay H5975!” And Jonathan’s H3083 boy H5288 picked H3950 up H3950 the arrow H2678 and came H935 to his master H113.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:39 - But the boy H5288 was H3045 not aware H3045 of anything H3972; only H389 Jonathan H3083 and David H1732 knew H3045 about the matter H1697.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:40 - Then Jonathan H3083 gave H5414 his weapons H3627 to his boy H5288 and said H559 to him, “Go H1980, bring H935 them to the city H5892.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - When the boy H5288 was gone H935, David H1732 got H6965 up H6965 from the south H5045 side H681, then he fell H5307 on his face H639 to the ground H776 and bowed H2331 three H7969 times H6471. And they kissed H5401 each H376 other H7453 and wept H1058 together H376 H7453, until H5704 David H1732 wept immeasurably H1431.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2 - David H1732 said H559 to Ahimelech H288 the priest H3548, “The king H4428 has commissioned H6680 me with a matter H1697 and has said H559 to me, ‘No H408 one H376 is to know H3045 anything H3972 about the matter H1697 on which H834 I am sending H7971 you and with which H834 I have commissioned H6680 you; and I have directed H3045 the young H5288 men H5288 to a certain H492 H6423 place H4725.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:4 - The priest H3548 answered H6030 David H1732 and said H559, “There H369 is H369 no H369 ordinary H2455 bread H3899 [fn]on hand H3027, but there H3426 is H3426 consecrated H6944 bread H3899, if H518 only H389 the young H5288 men H5288 have kept H8104 themselves from women H802.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:5 - David H1732 answered H6030 the priest H3548 and said H559 to him, “Be H3588 H518 assured H3588 H518, women H802 have been denied H6113 to us as previously H8543 H8032 when I left H3318 and the [fn]bodies H3627 of the young H5288 men H5288 were consecrated H6944, though it was an ordinary H2455 journey H1870; how H637 much H637 H3588 more H637 H3588 then will [fn]their bodies H3627 be consecrated H6942 today H3117?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5 - So David H1732 sent H7971 ten H6235 young H5288 men H5288; and David H1732 said H559 to the young H5288 men H5288, “Go H5927 up H5927 to Carmel H3760 and [fn]visit H935 H413 Nabal H5037, and greet H7592 H7965 him in my name H8034;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8 - ‘Ask H7592 your young H5288 men H5288 and they will tell H5046 you. Therefore let my young H5288 men H5288 find H4672 favor H2580 in your eyes H5869, for we have come H935 on a [fn]festive H2896 day H3117. Please H4994 give H5414 whatever H834 you find H4672 at hand H3027 to your servants H5650 and to your son H1121 David H1732.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9 -

When David’s H1732 young H5288 men H5288 came H935, they spoke H1696 to Nabal H5037 in accordance with all H3605 these H428 words H1697 in David’s H1732 name H8034; then they waited H5117.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:12 - So David’s H1732 young H5288 men H5288 made H2015 their way H1870 back H2015 and returned H7725; and they came H935 and informed H5046 him in accordance with all H3605 these H428 words H1697.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 -

Now one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 told H5046 Abigail H26, Nabal’s H5037 wife H802, saying H559, “Behold H2009, David H1732 sent H7971 messengers H4397 from the wilderness H4057 to [fn]greet H1288 our master H113, and he spoke H5860 to them in H5860 anger H5860.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:19 - Then she said H559 to her young H5288 men H5288, “Go H5674 on H5674 ahead H6440 of me; behold H2009, I am coming H935 after H310 you.” But she did not tell H5046 her husband H376 Nabal H5037.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - “Please H4994 do not let my lord H113 [fn]pay H7760 attention H3820 to this H2088 [fn]worthless H1100 man H376, Nabal H5037, for as his name H8034 is, so H3651 is he. [fn]Nabal H5037 is his name H8034, and stupidity H5039 is with him; but I your slave H519 did not see H7200 the young H5288 men H5288 of my lord H113 whom H834 you sent H7971.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - “And now H6258 let this H2088 [fn]gift H1293 which H834 your servant H8198 has brought H935 to my lord H113 be given H5414 to the young H5288 men H5288 who [fn]accompany H1980 H7272 my lord H113.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:22 - David H1732 replied H6030, “Behold H2009, the spear H2595 of the king H4428! Now have one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 come H5674 over H5674 and take H3947 it.

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