Youth
נַ֫עַרStrong’s H5288naar (na-ar)
Appears in 221 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naar is the Hebrew word usually translated “lad”, “young man” and “youth”. It appears in 221 verses of the Old Testament.
“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:”
Meaning
- A boy, lad, servant, youth, retainerboy, lad, youth · servant, retainer
How it's translated
- the lad 34
- the young man 26
- a youth 15
- the young men 14
- a young man 11
- and the lad 10
- young men of 9
- servant his 9
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 52
- 2 Samuel 25
- Genesis 24
- Judges 21
- 2 Kings 21
- 1 Kings 11
24 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 14:24Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- Genesis 18:7And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
- Genesis 19:4But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
- Genesis 21:12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
- Genesis 21:17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
- Genesis 21:18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
All 221 verses, by book
- Genesis 24
- 14:2418:719:421:1221:1721:1821:1921:2022:322:522:1222:1925:2734:1937:241:1243:844:2244:3044:3144:3244:3344:3448:16
- Deuteronomy 1
- 28:50
- Judges 21
- 7:107:118:148:209:5413:513:713:813:1213:2416:2617:717:1117:1218:318:1519:319:919:1119:1319:19
- 1 Samuel 52
- 1:221:241:251:272:112:132:152:172:182:212:263:13:84:219:39:59:79:89:109:229:2710:1414:114:616:1116:1817:3317:4217:5517:5820:2120:3520:3620:3720:3820:3920:4020:4121:221:421:525:525:825:925:1225:1425:1925:2525:2726:2230:1330:17
- 2 Samuel 25
- 1:51:61:131:152:142:214:129:912:1613:1713:2813:2913:3213:3414:2116:116:217:1818:518:1218:1518:2918:3219:1720:11
- Ecclesiastes 1
- 10:16
- Hosea 1
- 11:1
- Zechariah 1
- 2:4
Hebrew dictionary
נַ֫עַר naar · youth
1) a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer 1a) boy, lad, youth 1b) servant, retainer
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.