Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5291: נַעֲרָה

naʻărâh · pronounced nah-ar-aw' · “maiden”

Definition

a girl (from infancy to adolescence)

KJV translates it as: damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).

Word origin: feminine of H5288 (נַעַר);

Extended definition

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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5291 is translated

  • young woman ×32
  • her ×6
  • a young woman ×6
  • girl ×5
  • young women ×3
  • my ×2
  • his ×2
  • your ×2
  • is a young woman ×1
  • the female servants of ×1
  • a girl ×1
  • servant girls ×1

Bible verses with H5291 (naʻărâh)

Naʻărâh appears in 57 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 24:14

    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.

  • Genesis 24:16

    And 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 24:28

    And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.

  • Genesis 24:55

    And 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 24:57

    And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

  • Genesis 24:61

    And 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 34:3

    And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

  • Genesis 34:12

    Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

  • Exodus 2:5

    And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

  • Deuteronomy 22:15

    Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

  • Deuteronomy 22:16

    And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

  • Deuteronomy 22:19

    And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

  • Deuteronomy 22:20

    But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

  • Deuteronomy 22:21

    Then 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 22:23

    If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

  • Deuteronomy 22:24

    Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

  • Deuteronomy 22:25

    But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:

  • Deuteronomy 22:26

    But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

  • Deuteronomy 22:27

    For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

  • Deuteronomy 22:28

    If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

  • Deuteronomy 22:29

    Then 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.

  • Judges 19:3

    And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

  • Judges 19:4

    And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

  • Judges 19:5

    And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

  • Judges 19:6

    And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.

All 57 references

Words derived from H5291