And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising.
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Stripling
//ˈstɹɪplɪŋ//
Synonyms for "stripling" (83 found)
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Related words (41)
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19 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- младеж noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
- юноша noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Finnish
1 entries- kloppi noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
French
1 entries- jouvenceau noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Georgian
1 entries- ჭაბუკი noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
German
1 entries- Jüngling noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Greek
1 entries- αμούστακος noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Irish
1 entries- gas noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Latin
1 entries- catulaster noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Old Armenian
3 entries- մանուկ noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
- պատանի noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
- տղայ noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Old English
1 entries- beardlēas noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Polish
1 entries- wyrostek noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Russian
1 entries- парень noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- proitseach noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
- òganach noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Welsh
2 entries- glaslanc noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
- llencyn noun (youth (young man) in the state of adolescence)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Perhaps, young gentleman, you may change your opinion, if you live to my years: for I remember I thought myself as wise when I was a stripling of one or two and twenty as I am now.
Source: tatoeba (12038768)
And the king ſaid, Enquire thou whoſe ſonne the ſtripling is.
Source: wiktionary
And now, I suppose, my Striplings are formally clad, and togated, newly arrived at the Vniversities
Source: wiktionary
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