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

Extended Information

• Also means: na.ur (‎נ‎ְ‎עו‎ּ‎רו‎ֹ‎ת‎ "youth" נָעוּר)

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).

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