Word Study · Strong's H5291 · Hebrew
נַעֲרָה
naarah
nah-ar-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: naʻărâh
“a girl (from infancy to adolescence)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
Rendered in the KJV as
damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
- 63occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 44inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 63 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 44
- הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה5
- נַעֲרָ֣ה5
- הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה4
- הַֽנַּעֲרָה֙3
- הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔2
- הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜ה2
- הַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ה2
- לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃2
- נַעֲרָ֤ה2
- נְעָר֥וֹת2
- בְּנַעֲר֥וֹת1
- הַֽנַּעֲרָ֗1
and 32 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 28
- the young woman23
- a young woman5
- and the young woman4
- the girl4
- young women3
- female servants his2
- [belongs] to the young woman1
- [is] a young woman1
- [the] maids of1
- a girl1
- and a young woman1
- and female attendants her1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 17
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular27
- noun · feminine singular9
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4
- noun · feminine plural3
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfsa · 27
- HNcfsa · 9
- HC/Td/Ncfsa · 4
- HNcfpa · 3
- HNcfpc/Sp3fs · 3
- HRd/Ncfsa · 3
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp3fs · 2
- HNcfpc/Sp3ms · 2
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp2ms · 2
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp1bs · 1
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncfsa · 1
All 63, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy14 of 63 · 22%
- Esther13 of 63 · 21%
- Genesis9 of 63 · 14%
- Judges7 of 63 · 11%
- Ruth7 of 63 · 11%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis9 occurrences
- Genesis 24:14הַֽנַּעֲרָ֗hanaarathe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularNow may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”here: the young woman
- Genesis 24:16וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗vehanaaraconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularNow the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.here: and the young woman
- Genesis 24:28הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔hanaarathe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.here: the young woman
- Genesis 24:55הַנַּעֲרָ֥hanaarathe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”here: the young woman
- Genesis 24:57לַֽנַּעֲרָ֑lanaarapreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularSo they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”here: to the young woman
- Genesis 24:61וְנַעֲרֹתֶ֗יהָvenaaroteihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.here: and maids her
- Genesis 34:3הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔hanaarathe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.here: the girl
- Genesis 34:3הַֽנַּעֲרָֽ׃hanaarathe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.here: the girl
- Genesis 34:12הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖hanaarathe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularDemand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”here: the girl
Deuteronomy14 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 22:15הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖הhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gatehere: the young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:15הַֽנַּעֲרָ֛הhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gatehere: the young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:16הַֽנַּעַרָ֖הhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularand say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.here: the young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:19הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔הhanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThey are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.here: the young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:20לַֽנַּעֲרָֽה׃lanaarpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularIf, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,here: for the young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:21הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜הhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularshe shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.here: the young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:23נַעֲרָ֣הnaarnoun · feminine singularIf there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,here: a young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:24הַֽנַּעֲרָ֗הhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularyou must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.here: the young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:25הַֽנַּעֲרָה֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.here: the young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:26וְלַֽנַּעֲרָה֙velanaarconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singularDo nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.here: and to the young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:26לַֽנַּעֲרָ֖הlanaarpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularDo nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.here: [belongs] to the young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:27הַֽנַּעֲרָה֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularWhen he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.here: the young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:28נַעֲרָ֤הnaarnoun · feminine singularIf a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,here: a young woman
- Deuteronomy 22:29הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖הhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularthen the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.here: the young woman
Judges7 occurrences
- Judges 19:3הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔הhanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularher husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.here: the young woman
- Judges 19:4הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔הhanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularHis father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.here: the young woman
- Judges 19:5הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜הhanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularOn the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”here: the young woman
- Judges 19:6הַֽנַּעֲרָה֙hanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”here: the young woman
- Judges 19:8הַֽנַּעֲרָ֗הhanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularOn the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.here: the young woman
- Judges 19:9הַֽנַּעֲרָ֡הhanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularWhen the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”here: the young woman
- Judges 21:12נַעֲרָ֣הnaarahnoun · feminine singularSo they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.here: young woman
Ruth7 occurrences
- Ruth 2:5הַנַּעֲרָ֥הhanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”here: the young woman
- Ruth 2:6נַעֲרָ֤הnaarahnoun · feminine singularThe foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.here: [is] a young woman
- Ruth 2:8נַעֲרֹתָֽי׃naarotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThen Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.here: female servants my
- Ruth 2:22נַ֣עֲרוֹתָ֔יוnaarotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”here: female servants his
- Ruth 2:23בְּנַעֲר֥וֹתbenaarotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.here: with [the] female servants of
- Ruth 3:2נַעֲרוֹתָ֑יוnaarotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNow is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.here: female servants his
- Ruth 4:12הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖הhanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”here: the young woman
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 9:11נְעָר֔וֹתnearotnoun · feminine pluralAnd as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”here: young women
- 1 Samuel 25:42נַעֲרֹתֶ֔יהָnaaroteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularSo Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.here: maids her
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:2נַעֲרָ֣הnaarahnoun · feminine singularSo his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”here: a young woman
- 1 Kings 1:3נַעֲרָ֣הnaarahnoun · feminine singularThen they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.here: a young woman
- 1 Kings 1:4וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֖הvehanaarahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.here: and the young woman
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 5:2נַעֲרָ֣הnaarahnoun · feminine singularAt this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.here: a girl
- 2 Kings 5:4הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔הhanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.here: the girl
Esther13 occurrences
- Esther 2:2נְעָר֥וֹתnearotnoun · feminine pluralThen the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,here: young women
- Esther 2:3נַעֲרָֽה־naarah-noun · feminine singularand let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.here: girl
- Esther 2:4וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗הvehanaarahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.here: and the young woman
- Esther 2:7וְהַנַּעֲרָ֤הvehanaarahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.here: and the young woman
- Esther 2:8נְעָר֥וֹתnearotnoun · feminine pluralWhen the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.here: young women
- Esther 2:9הַנַּעֲרָ֣הhanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.here: the young woman
- Esther 2:9הַנְּעָר֔וֹתhanearotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAnd the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.here: the servant girls
- Esther 2:9נַעֲרוֹתֶ֛יהָnaaroteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAnd the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.here: servant girls her
- Esther 2:12נַעֲרָ֨הnaarahnoun · feminine singularIn the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.here: a young woman
- Esther 2:12וְנַעֲרָ֜הvenaarahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularIn the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.here: and a young woman
- Esther 2:13הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖הhanaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularWhen the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.here: the young woman
- Esther 4:4נַעֲר֨וֹתnaarotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.here: [the] maids of
- Esther 4:16וְנַעֲרֹתַ֖יvenaarotaiconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”here: and maids my
Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 9:3נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָnaaroteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularShe has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.here: female servants her
- Proverbs 27:27לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃lenaaroteikhapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYou will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.here: of maids your
- Proverbs 31:15לְנַעֲרֹתֶֽיהָ׃lenaaroteihapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularShe rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.here: to female servants her
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