Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy.

Multi-Version Concordance Boyhood (1 Occurrence) Genesis 46:34 that you shall say,'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians." (See NIV)