נַעַר (naʿar) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning boy. It appears
239 times
in 24 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5288).
Also rendered
youth
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1389a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1389a)boy, lad, youth, retainer; servant; girl; babe, child, damsel, young
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נַ֫עַרnoun, masculine: boy, lad, youth, retainer
1.boy, lad, youth (with 133 times)
2.servant, retainer (with 105 times)
Strong's H5288נַעַר: (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age) KJV:babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1389: נערnʿr — Root of: נְעוּרוֹת youth; נְעוּרִים youth, early life; נַ֫עַר boy, lad, youth, retainer; נֹ֫עַר youth, early life; נַעֲרָה girl, damsel