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Young Men, Young Women
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yung men, yung wim-in ((bachur) to prove, (neoteroi) young women)
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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 (Deuteronomy
32:25 ; Judges
14:10 ; 1
Samuel 8:16 ; 2
Kings 8:12, etc.). In Numbers
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 (1
Samuel 14:1 , 6
; 21:4
; 25:5
, 8
, 9
; 2
Samuel 1:5 , 6
, 15,
etc.). Abraham's "young men" (ne'arim) were "trained servants," "trained men,"
warriors (Genesis
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" (Genesis
18:7 ; 2
Kings 4:22 ; 1
Kings 20:14, the Revised Version margin).
In the New Testament, the ordinary words for "young man" are neanias (Acts
7:58 ; 20:9
; 23:17
, 18
, 22)
and neaniskos (Matthew
19:20 , 22
; Mark
14:51, etc.). "Young men" in Acts
5:6 is neoteroi, comparative of neos, "young," recent; the feminine of the
latter word is "young women" in Titus
2:4, and neoterai is "younger women" (the Revised Version (British and American)
"widows") in 1
Timothy 5:14. In both the Old Testament and the New Testament young men are
earnestly exhorted to wisdom and sober-mindedness (Proverbs
1:8 , 9
; Ecclesiastes
11:9 ; 12:1
, 13
, 14
; Titus
2:6, "discreet"; compare The
Wisdom of Solomon 9:11), etc.
W. L. Walker
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