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Hebrew word · H5288

נַ֫עַר

na'ar

youth

Appears 239 times in 221 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

Where it appears

Genesis · 27
  1. Genesis 14:24 הַנְּעָרִ֔ים the young men

    I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”

  2. Genesis 18:7 הַנַּ֔עַר the servant

    Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.

  3. Genesis 19:4 מִנַּ֖עַר from young man

    Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

  4. Genesis 21:12 הַנַּ֣עַר the lad

    But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

  5. Genesis 21:17 הַנַּעַר֒ הַנַּ֖עַר the lad

    Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.

  6. Genesis 21:18 הַנַּ֔עַר the lad

    Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

  7. Genesis 21:19 הַנָּֽעַר׃ the lad

    Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

  8. Genesis 21:20 הַנַּ֖עַר the lad

    And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

  9. Genesis 22:3 נְעָרָיו֙ servants his

    So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

  10. Genesis 22:5 נְעָרָ֗יו וְהַנַּ֔עַר servants his, and the lad

    “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”

  11. Genesis 22:12 הַנַּ֔עַר the lad

    “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

  12. Genesis 22:19 נְעָרָ֔יו servants his

    Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.

  13. Genesis 25:27 הַנְּעָרִ֔ים the lads

    When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

  14. Genesis 34:19 הַנַּ֙עַר֙ the young man

    The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.

  15. Genesis 37:2 נַ֗עַר [was] a youth

    This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

  16. Genesis 41:12 נַ֣עַר a young man

    Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.

  17. Genesis 43:8 הַנַּ֛עַר the young man

    And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.

  18. Genesis 44:22 הַנַּ֖עַר the young man

    So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’

  19. Genesis 44:30 וְהַנַּ֖עַר and the lad

    So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,

  20. Genesis 44:31 הַנַּ֖עַר [is] the young man

    sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.

  21. Genesis 44:32 הַנַּ֔עַר the young man

    Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’

  22. Genesis 44:33 הַנַּ֔עַר וְהַנַּ֖עַר the young man, and the lad

    Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.

  23. Genesis 44:34 וְהַנַּ֖עַר and the lad

    For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”

  24. Genesis 48:16 הַנְּעָרִים֒ the lads

    the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

Exodus · 4
  1. Exodus 2:6 נַ֖עַר a lad

    When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”

  2. Exodus 10:9 בִּנְעָרֵ֥ינוּ with young men our

    “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”

  3. Exodus 24:5 נַעֲרֵי֙ [the] young men of

    Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

  4. Exodus 33:11 נַ֔עַר a young man

    Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.

Numbers · 2
  1. Numbers 11:27 הַנַּ֔עַר the young man

    A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

  2. Numbers 22:22 נְעָרָ֖יו servants his

    Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

Deuteronomy · 1
  1. Deuteronomy 28:50 וְנַ֖עַר and a youth

    a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

Joshua · 2
  1. Joshua 6:21 מִנַּ֖עַר from young man

    With the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.

  2. Joshua 6:23 הַנְּעָרִ֣ים the young men

    So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

Judges · 23
  1. Judges 7:10 נַעַרְךָ֖ servant your

    But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah

  2. Judges 7:11 נַעֲר֔וֹ servant his

    and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.

  3. Judges 8:14 נַ֛עַר a young man

    There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.

  4. Judges 8:20 הַנַּ֤עַר נָֽעַר׃ the young man, [was] a young man

    So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

  5. Judges 9:54 הַנַּ֣עַר׀ נַעֲר֖וֹ the young man, young man his

    He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.

  6. Judges 13:5 הַנַּ֖עַר the lad

    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

  7. Judges 13:7 הַנַּ֔עַר the lad

    But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”

  8. Judges 13:8 לַנַּ֥עַר for the lad

    Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”

  9. Judges 13:12 הַנַּ֖עַר the lad

    Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”

  10. Judges 13:24 הַנַּ֔עַר the lad

    So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

  11. Judges 16:26 הַנַּ֨עַר the young man

    Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”

  12. Judges 17:7 נַ֗עַר a young man

    And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

  13. Judges 17:11 הַנַּ֙עַר֙ the young man

    and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.

  14. Judges 17:12 הַנַּ֖עַר the young man

    Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

  15. Judges 18:3 הַנַּ֖עַר the young man

    And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”

  16. Judges 18:15 הַנַּ֥עַר the young man

    So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.

  17. Judges 19:3 וְנַעֲר֥וֹ and servant his

    her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

  18. Judges 19:9 וְנַעֲר֑וֹ and servant his

    When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

  19. Judges 19:11 הַנַּ֜עַר the servant

    When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”

  20. Judges 19:13 לְנַעֲר֔וֹ to servant his

    He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

  21. Judges 19:19 וְלַנַּ֖עַר and for the servant

    even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”

Ruth · 6
  1. Ruth 2:5 לְנַעֲר֔וֹ to servant his

    And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”

  2. Ruth 2:6 הַנַּ֛עַר the servant

    The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

  3. Ruth 2:9 הַנְּעָרִ֖ים הַנְּעָרִֽים׃ the young men

    Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”

  4. Ruth 2:15 נְעָרָ֜יו servants his

    When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.

  5. Ruth 2:21 הַנְּעָרִ֤ים the servants

    Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”

1 Samuel · 60
  1. 1 Samuel 1:22 הַנַּ֙עַר֙ the lad

    but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”

  2. 1 Samuel 1:24 וְהַנַּ֖עַר נָֽעַר׃ and the lad, [was] a lad

    Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.

  3. 1 Samuel 1:25 הַנַּ֖עַר the lad

    And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.

  4. 1 Samuel 1:27 הַנַּ֥עַר the lad

    I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,

  5. 1 Samuel 2:11 וְהַנַּ֗עַר and the lad

    Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

  6. 1 Samuel 2:13 נַ֤עַר [the] servant of

    or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling

  7. 1 Samuel 2:15 נַ֣עַר [the] servant of

    Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”

  8. 1 Samuel 2:17 הַנְּעָרִ֛ים the young men

    Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.

  9. 1 Samuel 2:18 נַ֕עַר a lad

    Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

  10. 1 Samuel 2:21 הַנַּ֥עַר the lad

    So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

  11. 1 Samuel 2:26 וְהַנַּ֣עַר and the lad

    And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.

  12. 1 Samuel 3:1 וְהַנַּ֧עַר and the lad

    And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.

  13. 1 Samuel 3:8 לַנָּֽעַר׃ <to> the lad

    Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.

  14. 1 Samuel 4:21 לַנַּ֗עַר <to> the lad

    And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.

  15. 1 Samuel 9:3 מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔ים from the young men

    One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”

  16. 1 Samuel 9:5 לְנַעֲר֥וֹ to servant his

    When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”

  17. 1 Samuel 9:7 לְנַעֲר֗וֹ to servant his

    “If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”

  18. 1 Samuel 9:8 הַנַּ֙עַר֙ the servant

    The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”

  19. 1 Samuel 9:10 לְנַעֲר֛וֹ to servant his

    “Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.

  20. 1 Samuel 9:22 נַעֲר֔וֹ servant his

    Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all.

  21. 1 Samuel 9:27 לַנַּ֛עַר to the servant

    As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.

  22. 1 Samuel 10:14 נַעֲר֖וֹ servant his

    Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”

  23. 1 Samuel 14:1 הַנַּ֙עַר֙ the young man

    One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.

  24. 1 Samuel 14:6 הַנַּ֣עַר׀ the young man

    Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”

  25. 1 Samuel 16:11 הַנְּעָרִים֒ the young men

    And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

  26. 1 Samuel 16:18 מֵהַנְּעָרִ֜ים from the young men

    One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

  27. 1 Samuel 17:33 נַ֣עַר [are] a youth

    But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

  28. 1 Samuel 17:42 נַ֔עַר a youth

    When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.

  29. 1 Samuel 17:55 הַנַּ֖עַר [is] the youth

    As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”

  30. 1 Samuel 17:58 הַנָּ֑עַר O youth

    “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.

  31. 1 Samuel 20:21 הַנַּ֔עַר לַנַּ֜עַר the lad, to the lad

    Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.

  32. 1 Samuel 20:35 וְנַ֥עַר and a lad

    In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.

  33. 1 Samuel 20:36 לְנַעֲר֔וֹ הַנַּ֣עַר to lad his, the lad

    He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

  34. 1 Samuel 20:37 הַנַּ֙עַר֙ הַנַּ֙עַר֙ the lad

    When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”

  35. 1 Samuel 20:38 הַנַּ֔עַר נַ֤עַר the lad, [the] lad of

    Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

  36. 1 Samuel 20:39 וְהַנַּ֖עַר and the lad

    But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.

  37. 1 Samuel 20:40 הַנַּ֖עַר the lad

    Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”

  38. 1 Samuel 20:41 הַנַּעַר֮ the lad

    When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.

  39. 1 Samuel 21:2 הַנְּעָרִ֣ים the young men

    “The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission on which I am sending you. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.

  40. 1 Samuel 21:4 הַנְּעָרִ֖ים the young men

    “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

  41. 1 Samuel 21:5 הַנְּעָרִ֖ים the young men

    David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”

  42. 1 Samuel 25:5 נְעָרִ֑ים לַנְּעָרִ֗ים young men, to the young men

    So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name

  43. 1 Samuel 25:8 נְעָרֶ֜יךָ הַנְּעָרִ֥ים own young men your, the young men

    Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”

  44. 1 Samuel 25:9 נַעֲרֵ֣י [the] young men of

    When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.

  45. 1 Samuel 25:12 נַעֲרֵֽי־ [the] young men of

    So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.

  46. 1 Samuel 25:14 נַֽעַר־ מֵהַנְּעָרִ֖ים a young man, from the young men

    Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.

  47. 1 Samuel 25:19 לִנְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙ to servants her

    and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

  48. 1 Samuel 25:25 נַעֲרֵ֥י [the] young men of

    My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

  49. 1 Samuel 25:27 לַנְּעָרִ֔ים to the young men

    Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.

  50. 1 Samuel 26:22 מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֖ים from the young men

    “Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it.

  51. 1 Samuel 30:13 נַ֧עַר [am] a young man

    Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

  52. 1 Samuel 30:17 נַ֛עַר young man

    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

2 Samuel · 26
  1. 2 Samuel 1:5 הַנַּ֖עַר the young man

    Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

  2. 2 Samuel 1:6 הַנַּ֣עַר׀ the young man

    “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.

  3. 2 Samuel 1:13 הַנַּ֙עַר֙ the young man

    And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”

  4. 2 Samuel 1:15 מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔ים from the young men

    Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

  5. 2 Samuel 2:14 הַנְּעָרִ֔ים the young men

    Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.

  6. 2 Samuel 2:21 מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔ים from the young men

    So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

  7. 2 Samuel 4:12 הַנְּעָרִ֜ים the young men

    So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

  8. 2 Samuel 9:9 נַ֥עַר [the] servant of

    Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.

  9. 2 Samuel 12:16 הַנָּ֑עַר the lad

    David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

  10. 2 Samuel 13:17 נַעֲרוֹ֙ young man his

    Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”

  11. 2 Samuel 13:28 נְעָרָ֜יו servants his

    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

  12. 2 Samuel 13:29 נַעֲרֵ֤י [the] servants of

    So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.

  13. 2 Samuel 13:32 הַנְּעָרִ֤ים the young men

    But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

  14. 2 Samuel 13:34 הַנַּ֤עַר the servant

    Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”

  15. 2 Samuel 14:21 הַנַּ֖עַר the young man

    Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

  16. 2 Samuel 16:1 נַ֥עַר [the] servant of

    When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

  17. 2 Samuel 16:2 הַנְּעָרִ֔ים the young men

    “Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

  18. 2 Samuel 17:18 נַ֔עַר a young man

    But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.

  19. 2 Samuel 18:5 לַנַּ֣עַר to the young man

    Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.

  20. 2 Samuel 18:12 בַּנַּ֖עַר <in> the young man

    The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’

  21. 2 Samuel 18:15 נְעָרִ֔ים young men

    And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

  22. 2 Samuel 18:29 לַנַּ֖עַר [belong] to the young man

    The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”

  23. 2 Samuel 18:32 לַנַּ֖עַר כַנַּ֙עַר֙ [belong] to the young man, like the young man

    The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”

  24. 2 Samuel 19:17 נַ֚עַר [the] servant of

    along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king

  25. 2 Samuel 20:11 מִֽנַּעֲרֵ֖י one of [the] young men of

    One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”

1 Kings · 11
  1. 1 Kings 3:7 נַ֣עַר [am] a lad

    And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

  2. 1 Kings 11:17 נַ֥עַר [was] a youth

    But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.

  3. 1 Kings 11:28 הַנַּ֗עַר the young man

    Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.

  4. 1 Kings 14:3 לַנָּֽעַר׃ to the lad

    Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”

  5. 1 Kings 14:17 וְהַנַּ֥עַר and the lad

    Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

  6. 1 Kings 18:43 נַעֲר֗וֹ servant his

    “Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

  7. 1 Kings 19:3 נַעֲר֖וֹ servant his

    And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

  8. 1 Kings 20:14 בְּנַעֲרֵ֖י by [the] young men of

    “By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.

  9. 1 Kings 20:15 נַעֲרֵי֙ [the] young men of

    So Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.

  10. 1 Kings 20:17 נַעֲרֵ֛י [the] young men of

    And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”

  11. 1 Kings 20:19 נַעֲרֵ֖י [the] young men of

    Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,

2 Kings · 24
  1. 2 Kings 2:23 וּנְעָרִ֤ים and lads

    From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

  2. 2 Kings 4:12 נַעֲר֔וֹ servant his

    And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,

  3. 2 Kings 4:19 הַנַּ֔עַר the servant

    “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

  4. 2 Kings 4:22 הַנְּעָרִ֔ים the servants

    And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”

  5. 2 Kings 4:24 נַעֲרָ֖הּ servant her

    Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”

  6. 2 Kings 4:25 נַעֲר֔וֹ servant his

    So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.

  7. 2 Kings 4:29 הַנָּֽעַר׃ the lad

    So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

  8. 2 Kings 4:30 הַנַּ֔עַר the lad

    And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.

  9. 2 Kings 4:31 הַנַּ֔עַר הַנָּֽעַר׃ the lad

    Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

  10. 2 Kings 4:32 הַנַּ֙עַר֙ the lad

    When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.

  11. 2 Kings 4:35 הַנַּ֙עַר֙ הַנַּ֖עַר the lad

    Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

  12. 2 Kings 4:38 לְנַעֲר֗וֹ to servant his

    When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”

  13. 2 Kings 5:14 נַ֥עַר a lad

    So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.

  14. 2 Kings 5:20 נַעַר֮ [the] servant of

    Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

  15. 2 Kings 5:22 נְעָרִ֛ים young men

    “Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘Look, two young men from the sons of the prophets have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”

  16. 2 Kings 5:23 נְעָרָ֔יו servants his

    But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.

  17. 2 Kings 6:15 נַעֲר֥וֹ servant his

    When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

  18. 2 Kings 6:17 הַנַּ֔עַר the servant

    Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

  19. 2 Kings 8:4 נַ֥עַר [the] servant of

    Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”

  20. 2 Kings 9:4 הַנַּ֛עַר הַנַּ֥עַר the young man

    So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,

  21. 2 Kings 19:6 נַעֲרֵ֥י [the] servants of

    who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

1 Chronicles · 3
  1. 1 Chronicles 12:28 נַ֖עַר a young man

    and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.

  2. 1 Chronicles 22:5 נַ֣עַר [is] a youth

    And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.

  3. 1 Chronicles 29:1 נַ֣עַר [is] a youth

    Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

2 Chronicles · 2
  1. 2 Chronicles 13:7 נַ֙עַר֙ a young man

    Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

  2. 2 Chronicles 34:3 נַ֔עַר [was] a youth

    In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

Nehemiah · 8
  1. Nehemiah 4:16 נְעָרַי֮ young men my

    And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah

  2. Nehemiah 4:22 וְנַעֲר֔וֹ and servant his

    At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”

  3. Nehemiah 4:23 וּנְעָרַ֗י and servants my

    So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.

  4. Nehemiah 5:10 וּנְעָרַ֔י and servants my

    I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.

  5. Nehemiah 5:15 נַעֲרֵיהֶ֖ם servants their

    The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.

  6. Nehemiah 5:16 נְעָרַ֔י servants my

    Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.

  7. Nehemiah 6:5 נַעֲר֑וֹ servant his

    The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter

  8. Nehemiah 13:19 וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י and some of servants my

    When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

Esther · 4
  1. Esther 2:2 נַעֲרֵֽי־ [the] young men of

    Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,

  2. Esther 3:13 מִנַּ֨עַר from young man

    And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

  3. Esther 6:3 נַעֲרֵ֤י [the] young men of

    The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.

  4. Esther 6:5 נַעֲרֵ֤י [the] servants of

    So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.

Job · 7
  1. Job 1:15 הַנְּעָרִ֖ים the servants

    the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

  2. Job 1:16 וּבַנְּעָרִ֖ים and <on> the servants

    While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

  3. Job 1:17 הַנְּעָרִ֖ים the servants

    While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

  4. Job 1:19 הַנְּעָרִ֖ים the youths

    when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

  5. Job 24:5 לַנְּעָרִֽים׃ for the children

    Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

  6. Job 29:5 נְעָרָֽי׃ lads my

    when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

  7. Job 29:8 נְעָרִ֣ים young men

    the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

Psalms · 3
  1. Psalm 37:25 נַ֤עַר׀ a young man

    I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

  2. Psalm 119:9 נַּ֭עַר a youth

    How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.

  3. Psalm 148:12 נְעָרִֽים׃ youths

    young men and maidens, old and young together.

Proverbs · 7
  1. Proverbs 1:4 לְ֝נַ֗עַר to a youth

    To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,

  2. Proverbs 7:7 נַ֣עַר a youth

    I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

  3. Proverbs 20:11 נָ֑עַר a youth

    Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.

  4. Proverbs 22:6 לַ֭נַּעַר <to> the youth

    Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

  5. Proverbs 22:15 נָ֑עַר a youth

    Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

  6. Proverbs 23:13 מִנַּ֣עַר from a youth

    Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

  7. Proverbs 29:15 וְנַ֥עַר and a youth

    A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Ecclesiastes · 1
  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16 נָ֑עַר [is] a youth

    Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

Isaiah · 11
  1. Isaiah 3:4 נְעָרִ֖ים youths

    “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

  2. Isaiah 3:5 הַנַּ֙עַר֙ the youth[s]

    The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

  3. Isaiah 7:16 הַנַּ֛עַר the lad

    For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

  4. Isaiah 8:4 הַנַּ֔עַר the lad

    For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

  5. Isaiah 10:19 וְנַ֖עַר and a child

    The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.

  6. Isaiah 11:6 וְנַ֥עַר and a child

    The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.

  7. Isaiah 13:18 נְעָרִ֣ים youths

    Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

  8. Isaiah 20:4 נְעָרִ֥ים young men

    so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

  9. Isaiah 37:6 נַעֲרֵ֥י [the] servants of

    who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

  10. Isaiah 40:30 נְעָרִ֖ים youths

    Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.

  11. Isaiah 65:20 הַנַּ֗עַר the young man

    No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

Jeremiah · 3
  1. Jeremiah 1:6 נַ֖עַר [am] a youth

    “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

  2. Jeremiah 1:7 נַ֣עַר [am] a youth

    But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

  3. Jeremiah 51:22 וָנָ֑עַר and young man

    With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.

Lamentations · 2
  1. Lamentations 2:21 נַ֣עַר youth

    Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.

  2. Lamentations 5:13 וּנְעָרִ֖ים and young men

    Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

Hosea · 1
  1. Hosea 11:1 נַ֥עַר [was] a youth

    When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Zechariah · 1
  1. Zechariah 2:4 הַנַּ֥עַר the young man

    and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.

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