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נָעוּר H5271

H5271 is the Hebrew word נָעוּר, transliterated nâʻûwr and said naw-oor'. The King James Version most often renders it youth.

Word: נָעוּרTransliteration: nâʻûwrSaid: naw-oor'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 35 verses

What it means

(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people).

Where it comes from

or נָעֻר; and (feminine) נְעֻרָה; properly, passive participle from H5288 (נַעַר) as denominative.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 35 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

youth 32×being yet in her youth 1×you from my childhood 1×things so that thy youth 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: childhood, youth.

Verses using נָעוּר

All 35 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 8:21 · KJV

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

Genesis 46:34 · KJV

That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

Leviticus 22:13 · KJV

But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

Numbers 30:16 · KJV

These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father’s house.

1 Samuel 12:2 · KJV

And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

1 Samuel 17:33 · KJV

And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

2 Samuel 19:7 · KJV

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

1 Kings 18:12 · KJV

And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

Job 31:18 · KJV

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

Psalm 25:7 · KJV

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.

Psalm 71:17 · KJV

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

Psalm 103:5 · KJV

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalm 129:1 · KJV

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

Psalm 129:2 · KJV

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psalm 144:12 · KJV

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

Proverbs 2:17 · KJV

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Isaiah 47:12 · KJV

Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

Isaiah 47:15 · KJV

Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

Isaiah 54:6 · KJV

For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

Jeremiah 2:2 · KJV

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Jeremiah 3:24 · KJV

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Jeremiah 3:25 · KJV

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 22:21 · KJV

I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

Jeremiah 32:30 · KJV

For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 48:11 · KJV

Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

Ezekiel 4:14 · KJV

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

Ezekiel 16:22 · KJV

And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.

Ezekiel 16:43 · KJV

Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

Ezekiel 16:60 · KJV

Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

Ezekiel 23:3 · KJV

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

Ezekiel 23:8 · KJV

Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.

Ezekiel 23:19 · KJV

Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 23:21 · KJV

Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

Hosea 2:15 · KJV

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Malachi 2:14 · KJV

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5271 mean?

H5271 is the Hebrew word נָעוּר (nâʻûwr), meaning (only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people).

How is H5271 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it youth (32 times), being yet in her youth (1 time), you from my childhood (1 time), things so that thy youth (1 time).

How many times does H5271 appear in the Bible?

נָעוּר (nâʻûwr) is tagged in 35 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5271 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or נָעֻר; and (feminine) נְעֻרָה; properly, passive participle from H5288 (נַעַר) as denominative.

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