Hebrew word study

נַעַרnaʻar (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy t…

Pronounced “nah'-ar

(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)

Translated in the King James as: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).

Appears 235 times in Scripture

Origin: from H5287 (נָעַר);

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Where it appears

Genesis 26×
Genesis 14:24Genesis 18:7Genesis 19:4Genesis 21:12Genesis 21:17Genesis 21:18Genesis 21:19Genesis 21:20Genesis 22:3Genesis 22:5Genesis 22:12Genesis 22:19Genesis 25:27Genesis 34:19Genesis 41:12Genesis 43:8Genesis 44:22Genesis 44:30Genesis 44:31Genesis 44:32Genesis 44:33Genesis 44:34Genesis 48:16+ 3 more in Genesis
Exodus 4×
Exodus 2:6Exodus 10:9Exodus 24:5Exodus 33:11
Numbers 2×
Numbers 11:27Numbers 22:22
Deuteronomy 1×
Deuteronomy 28:50
Joshua 2×
Joshua 6:21Joshua 6:23
Judges 22×
Judges 7:10Judges 7:11Judges 8:14Judges 8:20Judges 9:54Judges 13:5Judges 13:7Judges 13:8Judges 13:12Judges 13:24Judges 16:26Judges 17:7Judges 17:11Judges 17:12Judges 18:3Judges 18:15Judges 19:3Judges 19:9Judges 19:11Judges 19:19+ 2 more in Judges
Ruth 6×
Ruth 2:5Ruth 2:6Ruth 2:9Ruth 2:15Ruth 2:21+ 1 more in Ruth
1 Samuel 59×
1 Sam 1:221 Sam 1:241 Sam 1:251 Sam 1:271 Sam 2:111 Sam 2:131 Sam 2:151 Sam 2:171 Sam 2:181 Sam 2:211 Sam 2:261 Sam 3:11 Sam 3:81 Sam 4:211 Sam 9:31 Sam 9:51 Sam 9:81 Sam 9:101 Sam 9:221 Sam 9:271 Sam 10:141 Sam 14:11 Sam 14:61 Sam 16:111 Sam 16:18+ 34 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel 25×
2 Sam 1:52 Sam 1:62 Sam 1:132 Sam 1:152 Sam 2:142 Sam 2:212 Sam 4:122 Sam 9:92 Sam 12:162 Sam 13:172 Sam 13:282 Sam 13:292 Sam 13:342 Sam 14:212 Sam 16:12 Sam 16:22 Sam 17:182 Sam 18:52 Sam 18:122 Sam 18:152 Sam 18:292 Sam 18:322 Sam 19:172 Sam 20:11+ 1 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings 11×
1 Ki 3:71 Ki 11:171 Ki 11:281 Ki 14:31 Ki 14:171 Ki 18:431 Ki 19:31 Ki 20:141 Ki 20:151 Ki 20:171 Ki 20:19
2 Kings 24×
2 Ki 2:232 Ki 4:122 Ki 4:192 Ki 4:222 Ki 4:242 Ki 4:252 Ki 4:292 Ki 4:302 Ki 4:312 Ki 4:322 Ki 4:352 Ki 4:382 Ki 5:142 Ki 5:202 Ki 5:222 Ki 5:232 Ki 6:152 Ki 6:172 Ki 8:42 Ki 9:42 Ki 19:6+ 3 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles 3×
1 Chr 12:281 Chr 22:51 Chr 29:1
2 Chronicles 2×
2 Chr 13:72 Chr 34:3
Nehemiah 8×
Nehemiah 4:16Nehemiah 4:22Nehemiah 4:23Nehemiah 5:10Nehemiah 5:15Nehemiah 5:16Nehemiah 6:5Nehemiah 13:19
Esther 4×
Esther 2:2Esther 3:13Esther 6:3Esther 6:5
Job 7×
Job 1:15Job 1:16Job 1:17Job 1:19Job 24:5Job 29:5Job 29:8
Psalms 3×
Psalms 37:25Psalms 119:9Psalms 148:12
Proverbs 7×
Proverbs 1:4Proverbs 7:7Proverbs 20:11Proverbs 22:6Proverbs 22:15Proverbs 23:13Proverbs 29:15
Ecclesiastes 1×
Eccles 10:16
Isaiah 11×
Isaiah 3:4Isaiah 3:5Isaiah 7:16Isaiah 8:4Isaiah 10:19Isaiah 11:6Isaiah 13:18Isaiah 20:4Isaiah 37:6Isaiah 40:30Isaiah 65:20
Jeremiah 3×
Jeremiah 1:6Jeremiah 1:7Jeremiah 51:22
Lamentations 2×
Lam 2:21Lam 5:13
Hosea 1×
Hosea 11:1
Zechariah 1×
Zech 2:4

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