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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 30 times in 30 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalec and [fn]Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And he smote Nomba the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both man and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt [fn]utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 - or I should have been as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - Who have cast forth the poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10 - then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:25 - And he will make his flesh tender as that of a babe, and he will restore him among men in his full strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - (LXX 8:3) [fn] Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise, because of thine enemies; that thou mightest put down the enemy and avenger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - (LXX 16:14) because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with [fn]uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:7 - (LXX 18:8) The law of the Lord is [fn]perfect, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:7 - (LXX 63:8) and God shall be exalted, their wounds were caused by the weapon of the foolish children,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:6 - (LXX 114:6) The Lord preserves [fn]the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:130

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:130 - (LXX 118:130) The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 - (LXX 136:9) Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:32 - For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:13 - Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - And an infant shall put his hand on the holes of asps, and on the nest of young asps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - And I allowed my wrath to come to the full, yet I kept it in, and did not utterly destroy them: I will pour it out on the children without, and on the assembly of young men together: for man and woman shall be taken together, the old man with him that is full of days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 - (LXX 9:20) For death has come up through your windows, it has entered into our land, to destroy the infants without, and the young men from the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - (LXX 50:6) the mighty men, and the women, and the children that were left, and the daughters of the king, and the souls which Nabuzardan had left with Godolias the son of Achicam, and Jeremias the prophet, and Baruch the son of Nerias.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - (LXX 51:7) And now thus has the Lord Almighty said, Wherefore do ye commit these great evils against your souls? to cut off man and woman of you, infant and suckling from the midst of Juda, to the end that not one of you should be left;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5 - He. Her oppressors are become the head, and her enemies have prospered; for the Lord has afflicted her because of the multitude of her sins: her young children are gone into captivity before the face of the oppressor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - Chaph. Mine eyes have failed with tears, my heart is troubled, my glory is cast down to the ground, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; while the infant and suckling swoon in the streets of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:19 - Koph. Arise, rejoice in the night at the beginning of thy watch: pour out thy heart as water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands to him for the life of thine infants, who faint for hunger at the top of all the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - Rhechs. Behold, O Lord, and see for whom thou hast gathered thus. Shall the women eat the fruit of their womb? the cook has made a gathering: shall the infants sucking at the breasts be slain? wilt thou slay the priest and prophet in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: the little children ask for bread, and there is none to break it to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - Slay utterly old man and youth, and virgin, and infants, and women: but go ye not nigh any on whom is the mark: begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the elder men who were within in the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:1 - Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 - gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the infants at the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10 - Yet she shall go as a prisoner into captivity, and they shall dash her infants against the ground at the top of all her ways: and they shall cast lots upon all her glorious possessions, and all her nobles shall be bound in chains.
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