נַעַרnaʻar

usually interpreted as a shaking, scattering, but text corrupt (Zechariah 11:16)

Pronunciation: nah'-ar · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5288

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 239 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 14:24 I will accept only what my young warriors have already eaten, and I request that you give a fair share of the goods to my allies—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre.”
  • Genesis 18:7 Then Abraham ran out to the herd and chose a tender calf and gave it to his servant, who quickly prepared it.
  • Genesis 19:4 But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.
  • Genesis 21:12 But God told Abraham, “Do not be upset over the boy and your servant. Do whatever Sarah tells you, for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.
  • Genesis 21:17 But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “Hagar, what’s wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
  • Genesis 21:18 Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).