lad Summary and Overview
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lad in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
LAD . The Hebrew word is used for a new-born infant, Ex 2:6; Jud 13:5, 1 Kgs 15:7; of a boy not full-grown, Gen 21:16; of a youth nearly twenty, Gen 41:12, and perhaps older, Jud 17:1; emphatically to express tender age, Jer 1:6; for a servant, Gen 37:2; Jud 7:10; of soldiers, 1 Kgs 20:15; of a young nation. Hos 11:1.