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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - ‘Now go and strike Amalek and completely destroy everything that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - He also struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; he also struck oxen, donkeys, and sheep with the edge of the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?” And he [fn]answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: you will set their fortified cities on fire, you will kill their young men with the sword, their little ones you will smash to pieces, and you will rip up their pregnant women.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 -

“Or like a miscarriage which is [fn]hidden, I would not exist,

As infants that never saw light.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 -

“From the city people groan,

And the souls of the wounded cry for help;

Yet God does not pay attention to the offensiveness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10 -

May my wife grind grain for another,

And let others [fn]kneel down over her.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:25 -

Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,

Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 -

From the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have established [fn]strength

Because of Your enemies,

To do away with the enemy and the revengeful.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 -

From people by Your hand, LORD,

From people [fn]of the world, whose portion is in this life,

And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;

They are satisfied with children,

And leave their abundance to their babies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:7 -

The Law of the LORD is [fn]perfect, restoring the soul;

The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:7 -

But God [fn]will shoot an arrow at them;

Suddenly [fn]they will be wounded.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:6 -

The LORD watches over the simple;

I was brought low, and He saved me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:130 -

The unfolding of Your words gives light;

It gives understanding to the simple.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 -

Blessed will be one who seizes and dashes your children

Against the rock.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:32 -

“For the faithlessness of the naive will kill them,

And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:13 -

Do not withhold discipline from a child;

Though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 -

The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra,

And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 -

But I am full of the wrath of the LORD;

I am weary of holding it in.

“Pour it out on the children in the street

And on the [fn]gathering of young men together;

For both husband and wife shall be taken,

The old [fn]and the very old.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 -

For death has come up through our windows;

It has entered our palaces

To eliminate the children from the streets,

The young men from the public squares.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - the men, the women, the [fn]children, the king’s daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam [fn]and grandson of Shaphan, together with Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - ‘Now then, this is what the LORD God of armies, the God of Israel says: “Why are you doing great harm to yourselves, to eliminate from yourselves man and woman, child and infant from among Judah, leaving yourselves without a remnant,
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5 -

Her adversaries have become [fn]her masters,

Her enemies are [fn]secure;

For the LORD has [fn]caused her grief

Because of the multitude of her wrongdoings;

Her little ones have gone away

As captives [fn]led by the enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 -

My eyes fail because of tears,

My [fn]spirit is greatly troubled;

My [fn]heart is poured out on the earth

Because of the [fn]destruction of the daughter of my people,

When little ones and infants languish

In the streets of the city.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:19 -

“Arise, whimper in the night

At the beginning of the night watches;

Pour out your heart like water

Before the presence of the Lord;

Raise your hands to Him

For the life of your little ones

Who languish because of hunger

At the head of every street.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 -

“See, LORD, and look!

With whom have You dealt this way?

Should women really eat their [fn]children,

The little ones who were [fn]born healthy?

Should priest and prophet really be killed

In the sanctuary of the Lord?

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 -

The tongue of the infant clings

To the roof of its mouth because of thirst;

The children ask for bread,

But no one breaks it for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - [fn]Utterly kill old men, young men, female virgins, little children, and women, but do not touch any person on whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary.” So they started with the [fn]elders who were before the [fn]temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:1 -

When Israel was a youth I loved him,

And out of Egypt I called My son.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 -

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,

Assemble the elders,

Gather the children and the nursing infants.

Have the groom come out of his room

And the bride out of her bridal chamber.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10 -

Yet she became an exile,

She went into captivity;

Also her small children were smashed to pieces

At the head of every street;

They cast lots for her honorable men,

And all her great men were bound with shackles.

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