Maiden
נַעֲרָהStrong’s H5291naarah (na-a-rah)
Appears in 57 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naarah is the Hebrew word usually translated “young woman”, “girl” and “young women”. It appears in 57 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.”
Meaning
- Girl, damsel, female servantgirl, damsel, little girl · maid, female attendant, female servant
How it's translated
- the young woman 24
- a young woman 6
- and the young woman 4
- the girl 4
- young women 3
- female servants his 2
- and maids her 1
- and female attendants her 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 12
- Esther 10
- Genesis 8
- Judges 7
- Ruth 7
- 1 Kings 3
12 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 24:16And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
- Genesis 24:28And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
- Genesis 24:55And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
- Genesis 24:57And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
- Genesis 24:61And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
- Genesis 34:3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
All 57 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
נַעֲרָה naarah · maiden
1) girl, damsel, female servant 1a) girl, damsel, little girl 1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute 1b) maid, female attendant, female servant
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “maiden” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MA'IDEN, noun
- An unmarried woman, or a young unmarried woman; a virgin.
- A female servant.
- It is used in composition, to express the feminine gender, as in maid-servant.
All definitions and other forms of “maiden”
MA'IDEN, noun
A maid; also, an instrument for beheading criminals, and another for washing linen.
MA'IDEN, adjective
Pertaining to a young woman or virgin; as maiden charms.
- Consisting of young women or virgins.
- Fresh; new; unused.
MA'IDEN, verb intransitive
To speak and act demurely or modestly.
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.