H5291 נַעֲרָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 62 KJV occurrences
נַעֲרָה
naʻărâh · nah-ar-aw'
Definition
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
KJV Renderings
damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
Derivation / Etymology
feminine of H5288 (נַעַר);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 62)
- Genesis 24:14And 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.
- Genesis 34:3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
- Deuteronomy 22:21Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
- Deuteronomy 22:29Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
- Ruth 2:5Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
- 1 Samuel 9:11¶ And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
- Esther 2:3And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
- Esther 2:13Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.