Lexical Definition
נָעוּר nâʻûwr (naw-oor') youth H:N-M/F
or נָעֻר nâʻur (naw-oor'); and (feminine) נְעֻרָה nᵉʻurâh (neh-oo-raw'); properly, passive participle from נַעַר as denominative
childhood, youth.
- (only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
1) youth, early life
See Greek: γένεσις · νεότης · παρθενία
Brown-Driver-Briggs
נְעוּרִים noun [masculine] plural youth, early life; — absolute ׳נ Isa 54:6; Ps 127:4 elsewhere suffix נְעֻרַי 1Sam 12:2, נְעוּרַי Job 31:18 +, נְעֻרֶיךָ 2Sam 19:8*, נְעוּרֶיךָ Prov 5:18 +, נְעוּרַיִךְ Jer 2:2 +, נְעוּרָ֑יְכִי Ps 103:5, נְעוּרֵיהֶן Ezek 23:3, etc.; — youth, early life, especially in phrase ׳מִנּ from one's youth up Gen 8:21 (J), 1Sam 17:33; 1Kgs 18:12; Jer 3:24; Zech 13:5; Job 31:18 (extreme youth; || מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי); figurative of Babylon Isa 47:12; Isa 47:15, Moab Jer 48:11, Judah Jer 22:21 compare Ps 71:5; Ps 71:17; Ps 129:1; Ps 129:2 וְעַדעַֿתָּה ׳מִנּ Gen 46:34 (J), 2Sam 19:8*; Ezek 4:14 וְעַדהַֿיּוֺם הַזֶּה ׳מִנּ 1Sam 12:2; Jer 3:25 as time in or during which Lev 22:13 (H), Num 30:4*; Num 30:17* (P), Lam 3:27; Ps 144:12, figurative of Judah and Samaria, personified, Ezek 23:2; Ezek 23:8 compare ׳יְמֵי נ (in figurative of Israel) Hos 2:17* (|| יוֺם עֲלוֺתָהּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם), Ezek 16:22; Ezek 16:43; Ezek 16:60; Ezek 23:19 other phrase are: ׳אַלּוּף נ Jer 3:4 friend of my youth, compare Prov 2:17, ׳עֲוֺנוֺת נ Job 13:26, ׳חַטּאֹות נ Ps 25:7, ׳חֶסֶד נ Jer 2:2, ׳חֶרְפַּת נ Jer 31:19, ׳זִמַּת נ Ezek 23:21, ׳שְׁדֵי נ vEzek 23:21, ׳בַּעַל נ Joel 1:8, and especially ׳אֵשֶׁת נ Prov 5:18; Mal 2:14; Mal 2:15; Isa 54:6 (figurative); ׳בְּנֵי נ Ps 127:4 sons of (a man's) youth; = youthful vigour Ps 103:5.
[נְעוּרוֺת] noun [feminine] plural id.; — only מִנְּעֻרֹתֵיהֶם Jer 32:30 (figurative of nation).
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 8:21 · 46:34 |
| Leviticus | 22:13 |
| Numbers | 30:4* · 30:17* |
| 1 Samuel | 12:2 · 17:33 |
| 2 Samuel | 19:8* |
| 1 Kings | 18:12 |
| Job | 13:26 · 31:18 |
| Psalms | 25:7 · 71:5 · 71:17 · 103:5 · 127:4 · 129:1 · 129:2 · 144:12 |
| Proverbs | 2:17 · 5:18 |
| Isaiah | 47:12 · 47:15 · 54:6 |
| Jeremiah | 2:2 · 3:4 · 3:24 · 3:25 · 22:21 · 31:19 · 32:30 · 48:11 |
| Lamentations | 3:27 |
| Ezekiel | 4:14 · 16:22 · 16:43 · 16:60 · 23:2 · 23:3 · 23:8 · 23:19 · 23:21 |
| Hosea | 2:17* |
| Joel | 1:8 |
| Zechariah | 13:5 |
| Malachi | 2:14 · 2:15 |