# H5288 נַעַר

נַעַר (naʻar), Strong’s H5288: (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in… KJV: babe…

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H5288 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*naʻar* — (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in…

KJV: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).

Derived from [נָעַר nâʻar](https://besorah.bible/word/H5287) (to tumble about)

Occurs 239 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נַ֫עַר 239 n.m. 1. boy, lad, youth. 2. retainer (not in P)
- 1 boy, lad, youth (c. 133 t.)
- 2 servant, retainer (c. 105 t.)

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 14:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=24) — I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me…
- [Genesis 18:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=7) — Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
- [Genesis 19:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=4) — But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the…
- [Genesis 21:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=12) — God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all…
- [Genesis 21:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=17) — God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you…
- [Genesis 21:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=18) — Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
- [Genesis 21:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=19) — God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink.
- [Genesis 21:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=20) — God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.
- [Genesis 22:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=3) — Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey; and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son…
- [Genesis 22:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=5) — Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and come…