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Lexicon :: Strong's G3516 - nēpios

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νήπιος
Transliteration
nēpios (Key)
Pronunciation
nay'-pee-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From an obsolete particle ne- (implying negation) and ἔπος (G2031)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:912,631

Strong’s Definitions

νήπιος nḗpios, nay'-pee-os; from an obsolete particle νή- nḗ- (implying negation) and G2031; not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian:—babe, child (+ -ish).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G3516 in the following manner: child (7x), babe (6x), childish (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G3516 in the following manner: child (7x), babe (6x), childish (1x).

  1. an infant, little child

  2. a minor, not of age

  3. metaph. childish, untaught, unskilled

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νήπιος nḗpios, nay'-pee-os; from an obsolete particle νή- nḗ- (implying negation) and G2031; not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian:—babe, child (+ -ish).
STRONGS G3516:
νήπιος, νήπια, νήπιον (from νή, an insep. neg. prefix (Latinnefas, nequam, nisi, etc. cf. Curtius, § 437), and ἔπος); as in Greek writers from Homer down,
a. an infant, little child: Matthew 21:16 (from Psalm 8:3 [Psalm 8:2]); 1 Corinthians 13:11; the Sept. especially for עולֵל and עולָל.
b. a minor, not of age: Galatians 4:1 (cf. Lightfoot at the passage).
c. metaphorically, childish, untaught, unskilled (the Sept. for פְּתִי, Psalm 18:8 (Ps. 19:8); Psalm 118:130 (Ps. 119:130); Proverbs 1:32): Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21; Romans 2:20; Galatians 4:3; Ephesians 4:14; opposed to τέλειοι, the more advanced in understanding and knowledge, Hebrews 5:13f. (Philo de agric. § 2); νηπίοις ἐν Χριστῷ, in things pertaining to Christ, 1 Corinthians 3:1. In 1 Thessalonians 2:7 L WH (cf. the latter's note at the passage) have hastily received νήπιοι for the common reading ἤπιοι.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
8:3; 18:8; 19:8; 119:130
Proverbs
1:32
Matthew
11:25; 21:16
Luke
10:21
Romans
2:20
1 Corinthians
3:1; 13:11
Galatians
4:1; 4:3
Ephesians
4:14
1 Thessalonians
2:7
Hebrews
5:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3516 matches the Greek νήπιος (nēpios),
which occurs 15 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:25 - At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:16 - and said unto him, Hearest thou what these are saying? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea: did ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:21 - In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:20 - a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:1 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:11 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:1 - But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:3 - So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:14 - that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:7 - But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:13 - For every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe.
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