נַעַר naar

Hebrew word for “youth” · Strong’s H5288 · used 239 times in 221 verses

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Meaning

1) a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer; 1a) boy, lad, youth; 1b) servant, retainer

How it is translated

Glosses given for naar in context, with how often each is used:

• lad 55
• young man 47
• young men 40
• servant 36
• youth 23
• servants 21
• youths 6
• lads 4
• child 2
• own young men 1
• like the young man 1
• one of the young men 1

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 4 (11), 1 Samuel 20 (8), 1 Samuel 25 (8), 1 Samuel 2 (7), 1 Samuel 9 (7), Genesis 44 (6), Genesis 21 (5), Judges 13 (5), Judges 19 (5), Ruth 2 (5)

Forms

• הנער 67
• נער 41
• הנערים 21
• נערי 16
• נערו 11
• לנער 11
• והנער 10
• נערים 9
• נעריו 7
• לנערו 7

Words used with it

Words that share verses with naar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 39
• דָּוִד david “David” 30
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 24
• נָא na “please” 19
• עִם im “with” 24
• נָגַד nagad “to tell” 18
• אָדוֹן adon “lord” 16
• קוּם qum “to arise” 19
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 16
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 20
• רָאָה raah “to see” 22
• אָב av “father” 21

Key verses

The verses using naar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son,…
• Genesis 48:16 — The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow…
• 1 Samuel 14:6 — And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work…
• 2 Samuel 13:28 — Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear…
• 2 Kings 2:23 — And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto…
• 2 Kings 4:38 — And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on…
• 2 Kings 5:20 — But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought:…
• 2 Chronicles 34:3 — For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge…
• Nehemiah 5:15 — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea,…
• Psalms 119:9 — Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
• Lamentations 2:21 — The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger;…
• Zechariah 2:4 — And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.