Youth
יֶ֫לֶדStrong’s H3206yeled (ye-led)
Appears in 76 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yeled is the Hebrew word usually translated “child”, “children” and “boy”. It appears in 76 verses of the Old Testament.
“Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.”
Meaning
- Child, son, boy, offspring, youthchild, son, boy · child, children · descendants · youth · apostate Israelites (fig.)
How it's translated
- the child 25
- the children 7
- the boy 5
- the youths 5
- the young men 4
- the lad 4
- and children her 3
- children 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 17
- Exodus 10
- 1 Kings 8
- Isaiah 7
- 2 Samuel 6
- 2 Kings 5
19 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 1:10In contextAnd the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
- Daniel 1:13In contextThen let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
- Daniel 1:15In contextAnd at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.
- Daniel 1:17In contextAs for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
- Zechariah 8:5In contextAnd the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
- Genesis 4:23And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
All 76 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
יֶ֫לֶד yeled · youth
1) child, son, boy, offspring, youth 1a) child, son, boy 1b) child, children 1c) descendants 1d) youth 1e) apostate Israelites (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “youth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
YOUTH, noun
Yuth. [G.]
- The part of life that succeeds to childhood.
- A young man.
- A young person, male or female.
- Young persons, collectively.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.