Topic
Young; Men, Young Women
37 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.
- Genesis 14:24ISBE
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- Genesis 18:7ISBE
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
- Numbers 11:28ISBE
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
- Deuteronomy 32:25ISBE
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
- Judges 14:10ISBE
¶ So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
- 1 Samuel 8:16ISBE
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
- 1 Samuel 14:1ISBE
Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.
- 1 Samuel 14:6ISBE
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
- 1 Samuel 21:4ISBE
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
- 1 Samuel 25:5ISBE
And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
- 1 Samuel 25:8ISBE
Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
- 1 Samuel 25:9ISBE
And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
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- 2 Samuel 1:5 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 1:6 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 1:15 ISBE
- 1 Kings 20:14 ISBE
- 2 Kings 4:22 ISBE
- 2 Kings 8:12 ISBE
- Proverbs 1:8 ISBE
- Proverbs 1:9 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 12:1 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 12:13 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 12:14 ISBE
- Wisdom of Solomon 9:11 ISBE
- Matthew 19:20 ISBE
- Matthew 19:22 ISBE
- Mark 14:51 ISBE
- Acts 5:6 ISBE
- Acts 7:58 ISBE
- Acts 20:9 ISBE
- Acts 23:17 ISBE
- Acts 23:18 ISBE
- Acts 23:22 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 5:14 ISBE
- Titus 2:4 ISBE
- Titus 2:6 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 38 references
yung, (bachur, na`ar; neanias, neaniskos): "Young man" is generally in the Old Testament the translation of bachur, from bachar, "to prove," "to choose," and of na`ar (literally, "boy," but used sometimes also of a girl). The former term denotes a young man, no longer a mere youth, but liable to military service (De 32:25; Jud 14:10; 1Sa 8:16; 2Ki 8:12, etc.). In Nu 11:28, the King James Version "Joshua .... the servant of Moses, one of his young men" (bechurim), the Revised Version (British and American) renders "one of his chosen men," margin "from his youth." Na`ar is frequently used (singular and plural) of soldiers (1Sa 14:1,6; 21:4; 25:5,8,9; 2Sa 1:5,6,15, etc.). Abraham's "young men" (ne`arim) were "trained servants," "trained men," warriors (Ge 14:24; compare 14:14 the Revised Version (British and American)). The word is often in the Old Testament translated "servant": thus in the Revised Version (British and American) for the King James Version "young man," "young men" (Ge 18:7; 2Ki 4:22; 1Ki 20:14, the Revised Version margin). In the New Testament, the ordinary words for "young man" are neanias (Ac 7:58; 20:9; 23:17,18,22) and neaniskos (Mt 19:20,22; Mr 14:51, etc.). "Young men" in Ac 5:6 is neoteroi, comparative of neos, "young," recent; the feminine of the latter word is "young women" in Tit 2:4, and neoterai is "younger women" (the Revised Version (British and American) "widows") in 1Ti 5:14. In both the Old Testament and the New Testament young men are earnestly exhorted to wisdom and sober-mindedness (Pr 1:8,9; Ec 11:9; 12:1,13,14; Tit 2:6, "discreet"; compare The Wisdom of Solomon 9:11), etc.
W. L. Walker
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.