נָעַר
nâʻar · naw-ar'
to tumble about
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (probably identical with H5286 (נָעַר), through the idea of the rustling of mane, which usually accompanies the lion's roar);
to tumble about
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: shake (off, out, self), overthrow, toss up and down.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to see and know › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing that works to see and know of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָעַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- overthrew1 · 9%
- and shake1 · 9%
- also i shook1 · 9%
- shake out1 · 9%
- even thus be he shaken out1 · 9%
- might be shaken out1 · 9%
- i am tossed up and down1 · 9%
- but overthrew1 · 9%
- shake off1 · 9%
- that shaketh1 · 9%
- shake1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.