Lad

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.

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.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A boy; a youth; a stripling. "Cupid is a knavish lad." Shak. There is a lad here, which hath fire barley loaves and two small fishes. John vi. 9.

2. A companion; a comrade; a mate. Lad's love. (Bot.) See Boy's love, under Boy.

Part of speech: participle (p.)

of Lead, to guide Chaucer.