נַעֲרָה naarah

Hebrew word for “maiden” · Strong’s H5291 · used 63 times in 57 verses

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Meaning

1) girl, damsel, female servant;

How it is translated

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

• young woman 39
• girl 6
• female servants 6
• maids 5
• young women 3
• servant girls 2
• female attendants 1
• girls 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 22 (12), Esther 2 (8), Genesis 24 (6), Judges 19 (6), Ruth 2 (5), 1 Kings 1 (3), Genesis 34 (2), 2 Kings 5 (2), Esther 4 (2), Exodus 2 (1)

Forms

• הנערה 21
• נערה 9
• הנער 6
• נערות 4
• והנערה 3
• ונערתיה 2
• לנערה 2
• נערותיו 2
• נערתיה 2
• לנערותיך 2

Words used with it

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

• בְּתוּלָה betulah “virgin” 8
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 12
• אָב av “father” 13
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 9
• עִם im “with” 10
• הָ ha “her” 8
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 11
• אָרַשׂ aras “to betroth” 4
• בֹּעַז boaz “Boaz” 4
• תַּמְרוּק tamruq “cosmetic” 3
• קוּם qum “to arise” 7
• שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 5

Key verses

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

• Genesis 24:14 — And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give…
• Genesis 34:3 — And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
• Genesis 34:12 — Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
• Deuteronomy 22:21 — Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath…
• Deuteronomy 22:24 — Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in…
• Judges 19:3 — And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she…
• Judges 19:6 — And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night,…
• 2 Kings 5:2 — And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
• Esther 2:7 — And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai,…
• Esther 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens…
• Proverbs 9:3 — She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
• Amos 2:7 — That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to…

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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.