Lexicon népios: an infant, fig. a simple-minded or immature person Original Word: νήπιος, α, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: népios Phonetic Spelling: (nay'-pee-os) Short Definition: an infant, child, unlearned Definition: unlearned, unenlightened; noun: an infant, child. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definitionan infant, fig. a simple-minded or immature person NASB Translationchild (5), childish (1), children (2), immature (1), infant (1), infants (4).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3516: νήπιοςνήπιος, νήπια, νήπιον (from νή, an insep. neg. prefix (Latin nefas, 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); 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 (); Psalm 118:130 (); 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.
Strong's an infant, child From an obsolete particle ne- (implying negation) and epos; not speaking, i.e. An infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian -- babe, child (+ -ish). see GREEK epos |
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