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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.
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5288 matches the Hebrew נַעַר (naʿar),
which occurs 239 times in 221 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 14:24–Jdg 19:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:24 - [fn]I will take nothing H1107 except H1107 what H834 the young H5288 men H5288 have eaten, H398 and the share H2506 of the men H376 who H834 went H1980 with me, Aner, H6063 Eshcol, H812 and Mamre; H4471 let them take H3947 their share.” H2506
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - Abraham H85 also ran H7323 to the herd, H1241 and took H3947 a tender H7390 and [fn]choice H2896 calf H1121 H1241 and gave H5414 it to the servant, H5288 and he hurried H4116 to prepare H6213 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - Before H2962 they lay H7901 down, H7901 the men H376 of the city, H5892 the men H376 of Sodom, H5467 surrounded H5437 the house, H1004 both H4480 young H5288 and old, H2205 all H3605 the people H5971 [fn]from every quarter; H7097
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God H430 said H559 to Abraham, H85[fn]Do not be distressed H7489 because H5921 of the lad H5288 and your maid; H519 whatever H3605 H834 Sarah H8283 tells H559 you, listen H8085 to her, for through H4480 Isaac H3327 [fn]your descendants H2233 shall be named. H7121
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - God H430 heard H8085 the lad H5288 crying; H6963 and the angel H4397 of God H430 called H7121 to Hagar H1904 from heaven H8064 and said H559 to her, “What H4100 is the matter with you, Hagar? H1904 Do not fear, H3372 for God H430 has heard H8085 the voice H6963 of the lad H5288 where H834 H8033 he is.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18 - “Arise, H6965 lift H5375 up the lad, H5288 and hold H2388 him by [fn]the hand, H3027 for I will make H7760 a great H1419 nation H1471 of him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - Then God H430 opened H6491 her eyes H5869 and she saw H7200 a well H875 of water; H4325 and she went H1980 and filled H4390 the [fn]skin H2573 with water H4325 and gave H8248 the lad H5288 a drink. H8248
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 - God H430 was with the lad, H5288 and he grew; H1431 and he [fn]lived H3427 in the wilderness H4057 and became H1961 an archer. H7235 H7199
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - So Abraham H85 rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and saddled H2280 his donkey, H2543 and took H3947 two H8147 of his young H5288 men H5288 with him and Isaac H3327 his son; H1121 and he split H1234 wood H6086 for the burnt H5930 offering, H5930 and arose H6965 and went H1980 to the place H4725 of which H834 God H430 had told H559 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - Abraham H85 said H559 to his young H5288 men, H5288 “Stay H3427 here H6311 with the donkey, H2543 and I and the lad H5288 will go H1980 over H5704 H3541 there; H5704 H3541 and we will worship H7812 and return H7725 to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - He said, H559 “Do not stretch H7971 out your hand H3027 against H413 the lad, H5288 and do H6213 nothing H408 H3972 to him; for now H6258 I know H3045 that you [fn]fear H3372 God, H430 since you have not withheld H2820 your son, H1121 your only H3173 son, from Me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - So Abraham H85 returned H7725 to his young H5288 men, H5288 and they arose H6965 and went H1980 together H3162 to Beersheba; H884 and Abraham H85 lived H3427 at Beersheba. H884
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - When the boys H5288 grew H1431 up, Esau H6215 became H1961 a skillful H3045 hunter, H376 H6718 a man H376 of the field, H7704 but Jacob H3290 was a [fn]peaceful H8535 man, H376 [fn]living H3427 in tents. H168
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - The young H5288 man H5288 did not delay H309 to do H6213 the thing, H1697 because H3588 he was delighted H2654 with Jacob’s H3290 daughter. H1323 Now he was more H4480 respected H3513 than H4480 all H3605 the household H1004 of his father. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These H428 are the records of the generations H8435 of Jacob. H3290 Joseph, H3130 when seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 of age, H1121 was pasturing H7462 the flock H6629 with his brothers H251 while he was still a youth, H5288 along with the sons H1121 of Bilhah H1090 and the sons H1121 of Zilpah, H2153 his father’s H1 wives. H802 And Joseph H3130 brought H935 back a bad H1681 H7451 report H1681 about them to their father. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12 - “Now a Hebrew H5680 youth H5288 was with us there, H8033 a servant H5650 of the captain H8269 of the bodyguard, H2876 and we related H5608 them to him, and he interpreted H6622 our dreams H2472 for us. To each H376 one H376 he interpreted H6622 according to his own dream. H2472
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - Judah H3063 said H559 to his father H1 Israel, H3478 “Send H7971 the lad H5288 with me and we will arise H6965 and go, H1980 that we may live H2421 and not die, H4191 we as well H1571 as you and our little H2945 ones. H2945
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:22 - “But we said H559 to my lord, H113 ‘The lad H5288 cannot H3201 H3808 leave H5800 his father, H1 for if he should leave H5800 his father, H1 [fn]his father would die.’ H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:30 - “Now, H6258 therefore, when I come H935 to your servant H5650 my father, H1 and the lad H5288 is not with us, since [fn]his life H5315 is bound H7194 up in the lad’s life, H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - when he sees H7200 that the lad H5288 is not with us, he will die. H4191 Thus your servants H5650 will bring H3381 the gray H7872 hair H7872 of your servant H5650 our father H1 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 in sorrow. H3015
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:32 - “For your servant H5650 became H6148 surety H6148 for the lad H5288 to my father, H1 saying, H559 ‘If H518 I do not bring H935 him back to you, then [fn]let me bear H2398 the blame H2398 before my father H1 forever.’ H3605 H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - “Now, H6258 therefore, please H4994 let your servant H5650 remain H3427 instead H8478 of the lad H5288 a slave H5650 to my lord, H113 and let the lad H5288 go H5927 up with his brothers. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - “For how H349 shall I go H5927 up to my father H1 if the lad H5288 is not with me—for fear H6435 that I see H7200 the evil H7451 that would [fn]overtake H4672 my father?” H1
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - The angel H4397 who has redeemed H1350 me from all H3605 evil, H7451
Bless H1288 the lads; H5288
And may my name H8034 [fn]live H7121 on in them,
And the [fn]names H8034 of my fathers H1 Abraham H85 and Isaac; H3327
And may they grow H1711 into a multitude H7230 in the midst H7130 of the earth.” H776
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - When she opened H6605 it, she [fn]saw H7200 the child, H3206 and behold, H2009 the [fn]boy H5288 was crying. H1058 And she had H2550 pity H2550 on him and said, H559 “This H2088 is one H4480 of the Hebrews’ H5680 children.” H3206
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - Moses H4872 said, H559 “We shall go H1980 with our young H5288 and our old; H2205 with our sons H1121 and our daughters, H1323 with our flocks H6629 and our herds H1241 we shall go, H1980 for we [fn]must hold a feast H2282 to the LORD.” H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:5 - He sent H7971 young H5288 men H5288 of the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 and they offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and sacrificed H2076 young H6499 bulls H6499 as peace H8002 offerings H8002 to the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - Thus the LORD H3068 used to speak H1696 to Moses H4872 face H6440 to face, H6440 just H834 as a man H376 speaks H1696 to his friend. H7453 When [fn]Moses returned H7725 to the camp, H4264 his servant H8334 Joshua, H3091 the son H1121 of Nun, H5126 a young H5288 man, H5288 would not depart H4185 from the tent. H168
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:27 - So a young H5288 man H5288 ran H7323 and told H5046 Moses H4872 and said, H559 “Eldad H419 and Medad H4312 are prophesying H5012 in the camp.” H4264
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - But God H430 was angry H639 H2734 because H3588 he was going, H1980 and the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 took H3320 his stand H3320 in the way H1870 as an adversary H7854 against him. Now he was riding H7392 on his donkey H860 and his two H8147 servants H5288 were with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:50 - a nation H1471 of fierce H5794 countenance H6440 who H834 will have H5375 no H3808 respect H6440 for the old, H2205 nor H3808 show H2603 favor H2603 to the young. H5288
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - They [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763 everything H3605 in the city, H5892 both H4480 H5704 man H376 and woman, H802 young H5288 and old, H2205 and ox H7794 and sheep H7716 and donkey, H2543 with the edge H6310 of the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - So the young H5288 men H5288 who were spies H7270 went H935 in and brought H3318 out Rahab H7343 and her father H1 and her mother H517 and her brothers H251 and all H3605 she had; they also brought H3318 out all H3605 her relatives H4940 and placed H5117 them outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264 of Israel. H3478
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
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:11 - and you will hear H8085 what H4100 they say; H1696 and afterward H310 your hands H3027 will be strengthened H2388 that you may go H3381 down H3381 against the camp.” H4264 So he went H3381 with Purah H6513 his servant H5288 down H3381 to the [fn]outposts H7097 of the army H2571 that was in the camp. H4264
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - And he captured H3920 a youth H5288 [fn]from Succoth H5523 and questioned H7592 him. Then the youth wrote H3789 down H3789 for him the princes H8269 of Succoth H5523 and its elders, H2205 seventy-seven H7657 men. H376
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 afraid, H3372 because H3588 he was still H5750 a youth. H5288
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 it will not be said H559 of me, ‘A woman H802 slew H2026 him.’” So [fn]the young H5288 man H5288 pierced H1856 him through, H1856 and he died. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - “For behold, H2009 you shall 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 shall begin H2490 to deliver H3467 Israel H3478 from the hands H3027 of the Philistines.” H6430
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 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
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8 - Then Manoah H4495 entreated H6279 the LORD H3068 and said, H559 “O H994 Lord, H136 please H994 H4994 let the man H376 of God H430 whom H834 You have sent H7971 come H935 to us again H5750 that he may teach H3384 us what H4100 to do H6213 for the boy H5288 who is to be born.” H3205
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:12 - Manoah H4495 said, H559 “Now H6258 when your words H1697 come H935 to pass, what H4100 shall be the boy’s H5288 mode H4941 of life H4941 and his vocation?” H4639
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:24 - Then 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 and the LORD H3068 blessed H1288 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - Then Samson H8123 said H559 to the boy H5288 who was holding H2388 his hand, H3027 “Let me feel H4184 the pillars H5982 on which H834 the house H1004 rests, H3559 that I may lean H8172 against H5921 them.”
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
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
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
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
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:15 - 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 him of his welfare. H7965
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - Then her husband H376 arose H6965 and went H1980 after H310 her to speak H1696 [fn]tenderly 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 So she brought H935 him into her father’s H1 house, H1004 and when the girl’s H5291 father H1 saw H7200 him, he was glad H8055 to meet H7122 him.

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