Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5288
נַעַר
naarnah'-ar
youth
239 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: naʻar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5288is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 24 of 39Old Testament books
- 121spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5288
(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)
The King James renders it: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
naar is rendered "youth". It stands 239 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-four books.
- Sixty of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:24I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
- The Greek text spells it 121 different ways.
The first use
I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
Genesis 14:24הַנְּעָרִ֔ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Sixty of the word's 239 uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the lad32
- the young man25
- a youth15
- the young men14
- a young man11
- and the lad10
- servant his9
- young men of9
- servant of7
- servants his7
- the servant7
- from the young men6
and 49 more, 239 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 239, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
121 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַנַּ֔עַר15
- הַנַּ֖עַר14
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙11
- נַ֣עַר9
- הַנְּעָרִ֖ים6
- נַ֥עַר6
- הַנַּ֥עַר5
- הַנְּעָרִ֔ים5
- וְהַנַּ֖עַר5
- הַנַּ֛עַר4
- נַ֔עַר4
- נַעֲר֔וֹ4
and 109 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular67HTd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular32HNcmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural21HTd/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)13HNcmpc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular12HRd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular11HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular10HC/Td/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural9HNcmpa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)9HNcmsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular6HC/Ncmsa
Genesis
twenty-seven uses
I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
- הַנְּעָרִ֔יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the servant
Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
- מִנַּ֖עַרminaarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from young man
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
- הַנַּ֣עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
- הַנַּעַר֒hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
- הַנָּֽעַר׃hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
- נְעָרָיו֙nearavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his
“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
- נְעָרָ֗יוnearavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his
- וְהַנַּ֔עַרvehanaarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the lad
“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
- נְעָרָ֔יוnearavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
- הַנְּעָרִ֔יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the lads
The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
- נַ֗עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
- נַ֣עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a young man
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
- הַנַּ֛עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
- וְהַנַּ֖עַרvehanaarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the lad
sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
- וְהַנַּ֖עַרvehanaarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the lad
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
- וְהַנַּ֖עַרvehanaarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the lad
the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
- הַנְּעָרִים֒hanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the lads
Exodus
four uses
When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”
- נַ֖עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a lad
“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
- בִּנְעָרֵ֥ינוּbinareinupreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: with young men our
Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
- נַעֲרֵי֙naareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: young men of
Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.
- נַ֔עַרnaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a young man
Numbers
two uses
A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
- נְעָרָ֖יוnearavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his
Deuteronomy
one use
a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
- וְנַ֖עַרvenaarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a youth
Joshua
two uses
At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
- מִנַּ֖עַרminaarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from young man
So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.
- הַנְּעָרִ֣יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
Judges
twenty-three uses
But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah
- נַעַרְךָ֖naarkhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: servant your
and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
- נַעֲר֔וֹnaaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his
There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
- נַ֛עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a young man
So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
- הַנַּ֤עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
- נָֽעַר׃naarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a young man
He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
- הַנַּ֣עַר׀hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
- נַעֲר֖וֹnaaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: young man his
For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
- לַנַּ֥עַרlanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: for the lad
Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”
- הַנַּ֨עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
- נַ֗עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a young man
and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
- הַנַּ֥עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
her 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.
- וְנַעֲר֥וֹvenaaroconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and servant his
When 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.”
- וְנַעֲר֑וֹvenaaroconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and servant his
When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
- הַנַּ֜עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the servant
He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
- לְנַעֲר֔וֹlenaaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to servant his
even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”
- וְלַנַּ֖עַרvelanaarconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and for the servant
Ruth
six uses
And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
- לְנַעֲר֔וֹlenaaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to servant his
The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
- הַנַּ֛עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the servant
Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
- הַנְּעָרִ֖יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
- הַנְּעָרִֽים׃hanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
- נְעָרָ֜יוnearavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his
Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”
- הַנְּעָרִ֤יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the servants
1 Samuel
sixty uses
but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
- וְהַנַּ֖עַרvehanaarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the lad
- נָֽעַר׃naarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a lad
And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
- הַנַּ֥עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
- וְהַנַּ֗עַרvehanaarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the lad
or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
- נַ֤עַרnaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servant of
Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
- נַ֣עַרnaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servant of
Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
- הַנְּעָרִ֛יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
- נַ֕עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a lad
So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
- הַנַּ֥עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
- וְהַנַּ֣עַרvehanaarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the lad
And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.
- וְהַנַּ֧עַרvehanaarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the lad
Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
- לַנָּֽעַר׃lanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the lad
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
- לַנַּ֗עַרlanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the lad
One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
- מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔יםmehanearimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: from the young men
When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”
- לְנַעֲר֥וֹlenaaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to servant his
“If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”
- לְנַעֲר֗וֹlenaaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to servant his
The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the servant
“Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.
- לְנַעֲר֛וֹlenaaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to servant his
Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all.
- נַעֲר֔וֹnaaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his
As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.
- לַנַּ֛עַרlanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the servant
Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”
- נַעֲר֖וֹnaaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his
One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
- הַנַּ֣עַר׀hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
- הַנְּעָרִים֒hanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
- מֵהַנְּעָרִ֜יםmehanearimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: from the young men
But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
- נַ֣עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
- נַ֔עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the youth
“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
- הַנָּ֑עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: O youth
Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
- לַנַּ֜עַרlanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the lad
In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.
- וְנַ֥עַרvenaarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a lad
He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
- לְנַעֲר֔וֹlenaaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to lad his
- הַנַּ֣עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
- נַ֤עַרnaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lad of
But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
- וְהַנַּ֖עַרvehanaarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the lad
Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
- הַנַּעַר֮hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
- הַנְּעָרִ֣יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
- הַנְּעָרִ֖יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the equipment of the young men is holy, as it is even on common missions, and all the more at this time.”
- הַנְּעָרִ֖יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
- נְעָרִ֑יםnearimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: young men
- לַנְּעָרִ֗יםlanearimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to the young men
Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”
- נְעָרֶ֜יךָneareikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: own young men your
- הַנְּעָרִ֥יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
- נַעֲרֵ֣יnaareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: young men of
So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
- נַעֲרֵֽי־naarei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: young men of
Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scolded them.
- נַֽעַר־naar-noun · masculine singulartagged: a young man
- מֵהַנְּעָרִ֖יםmehanearimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: from the young men
and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
- לִנְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙linareihapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: to servants her
My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
- נַעֲרֵ֥יnaareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: young men of
Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
- לַנְּעָרִ֔יםlanearimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to the young men
“Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it.
- מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֖יםmehanearimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: from the young men
Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
- נַ֧עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a young man
And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
- נַ֛עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: young man
2 Samuel
twenty-six uses
Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
- הַנַּ֣עַר׀hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
- מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔יםmehanearimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: from the young men
Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
- הַנְּעָרִ֔יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
- מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔יםmehanearimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: from the young men
So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
- הַנְּעָרִ֜יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
- נַ֥עַרnaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servant of
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
- הַנָּ֑עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”
- נַעֲרוֹ֙naaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: young man his
Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
- נְעָרָ֜יוnearavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his
So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.
- נַעֲרֵ֤יnaareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servants of
But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
- הַנְּעָרִ֤יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”
- הַנַּ֤עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the servant
Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
- נַ֥עַרnaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servant of
“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
- הַנְּעָרִ֔יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the young men
But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
- נַ֔עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a young man
Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
- לַנַּ֣עַרlanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the young man
The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
- בַּנַּ֖עַרbanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the young man
And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
- נְעָרִ֔יםnearimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: young men
The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”
- לַנַּ֖עַרlanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the young man
The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king and to all who rise up against you to harm you.”
- לַנַּ֖עַרlanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the young man
- כַנַּ֙עַר֙khanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the young man
along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
- נַ֚עַרnaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servant of
One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
- מִֽנַּעֲרֵ֖יminaareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: one of young men of
1 Kings
eleven uses
And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
- נַ֣עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a lad
But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.
- נַ֥עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
- הַנַּ֗עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”
- לַנָּֽעַר׃lanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the lad
Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
- וְהַנַּ֥עַרvehanaarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the lad
“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
- נַעֲר֗וֹnaaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his
And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
- נַעֲר֖וֹnaaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his
“By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.
- בְּנַעֲרֵ֖יbenaareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by young men of
So Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.
- נַעֲרֵי֙naareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: young men of
And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”
- נַעֲרֵ֛יnaareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: young men of
Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,
- נַעֲרֵ֖יnaareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: young men of
2 Kings
twenty-four uses
From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
- וּנְעָרִ֤יםunearimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and lads
And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,
- נַעֲר֔וֹnaaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his
“My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the servant
And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”
- הַנְּעָרִ֔יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the servants
Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
- נַעֲרָ֖הּnaarahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: servant her
So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.
- נַעֲר֔וֹnaaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his
So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
- הַנָּֽעַר׃hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
- הַנָּֽעַר׃hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
- הַנַּ֖עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
- לְנַעֲר֗וֹlenaaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to servant his
So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.
- נַ֥עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a lad
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
- נַעַר֮naarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servant of
“Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”
- נְעָרִ֛יםnearimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: young men
But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.
- נְעָרָ֔יוnearavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his
When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
- נַעֲר֥וֹnaaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his
Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the servant
Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
- נַ֥עַרnaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servant of
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
- הַנַּ֛עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
- הַנַּ֥עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
- נַעֲרֵ֥יnaareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servants of
1 Chronicles
three uses
and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.
- נַ֖עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a young man
And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.
- נַ֣עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
- נַ֣עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
2 Chronicles
two uses
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
- נַ֙עַר֙naarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a young man
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
- נַ֔עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
Nehemiah
eight uses
And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
- נְעָרַי֮nearainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: young men my
At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”
- וְנַעֲר֔וֹvenaaroconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and servant his
So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.
- וּנְעָרַ֗יunearaiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and servants my
I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
- וּנְעָרַ֔יunearaiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and servants my
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- נַעֲרֵיהֶ֖םnaareihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: servants their
Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.
- נְעָרַ֔יnearainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: servants my
The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
- נַעֲר֑וֹnaaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his
When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
- וּמִנְּעָרַ֗יuminearaiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and some of servants my
Esther
four uses
Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,
- נַעֲרֵֽי־naarei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: young men of
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
- מִנַּ֨עַרminaarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from young man
The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
- נַעֲרֵ֤יnaareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: young men of
So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.
- נַעֲרֵ֤יnaareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servants of
Job
seven uses
the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- הַנְּעָרִ֖יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the servants
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- וּבַנְּעָרִ֖יםuvanearimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and on the servants
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- הַנְּעָרִ֖יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the servants
when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- הַנְּעָרִ֖יםhanearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the youths
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
- לַנְּעָרִֽים׃lanearimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for the children
when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
- נְעָרָֽי׃nearainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lads my
the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
- נְעָרִ֣יםnearimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: young men
Psalms
three uses
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
- נַ֤עַר׀naarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a young man
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
- נַּ֭עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
young men and maidens, old and young together.
- נְעָרִֽים׃nearimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: youths
Proverbs
seven uses
To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
- לְ֝נַ֗עַרlenaarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to a youth
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
- נַ֣עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.
- נָ֑עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- לַ֭נַּעַרlanaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the youth
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- נָ֑עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
- מִנַּ֣עַרminaarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a youth
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
- וְנַ֥עַרvenaarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a youth
Ecclesiastes
one use
Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
- נָ֑עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
Isaiah
eleven uses
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
- נְעָרִ֖יםnearimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: youths
The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
- הַנַּ֙עַר֙hanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the youth
For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
- הַנַּ֛עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
- הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lad
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
- וְנַ֖עַרvenaarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a child
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
- וְנַ֥עַרvenaarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a child
Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
- נְעָרִ֣יםnearimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: youths
so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
- נְעָרִ֥יםnearimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: young men
who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
- נַעֲרֵ֥יnaareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servants of
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
- נְעָרִ֖יםnearimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: youths
No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
- הַנַּ֗עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
Jeremiah
three uses
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
- נַ֖עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
- נַ֣עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
- וָנָ֑עַרvanaarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and young man
Lamentations
two uses
Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
- נַ֣עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: youth
Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
- וּנְעָרִ֖יםunearimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and young men
Hosea
one use
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
- נַ֥עַרnaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a youth
Zechariah
one use
and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
- הַנַּ֥עַרhanaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the young man
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
