Topic
Lad
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Judges 16:26ISBE
And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
- 2 Kings 4:19ISBE
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
- John 6:9ISBE
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
- Acts 20:12ISBE
And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
In the Old Testament this word occurs as the translation of na`ar, "young person," "child," "servant," the Revised Version (British and American) properly substituting "servant" in 2Ki 4:19; Jud 16:26 is another passage where either sense of the original word may be intended. The word occurs in the New Testament in Joh 6:9 as the translation of paidarion; in Ac 20:12, pais (the King James Version "young man").
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.