Lexicon neos: young, new, fresh Original Word: νέος, α, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: neos Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-os) Short Definition: young, new, fresh Definition: (a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh. HELPS word-Studies 3501 néos – new ("new on the scene"); recently revealed or "what was not there before" (TDNT), including what is recently discovered. 3501 /néos ("new on the scene") suggests something "new in time" – in contrast to its near-synonym (2537 /kainós, "new in quality"). Thayer's STRONGS NT 3501: νέοςνέος, νέα, νεσον (allied with Latin novus, German neu, English new; Curtius, § 433), as in Greek authors from Homer down, 1. recently born, young, youthful: Titus 2:4 (for נַעַר, Genesis 37:2; Exodus 33:11); οἶνος νέος, recently made, Matthew 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:31-39 (but 39 WH in brackets) (Sir. 9:10). 2. new: 1 Corinthians 5:7; Hebrews 12:24; equivalent to born again, ἄνθρωπος (which see 1 f.), Colossians 3:10. (Synonym: see καινός, at the end.) STRONGS NT 3501: νεώτεροςνεώτερος, νεωτέρα, νεώτερον (comparitive of νέος, which see) (from Homer down), younger; i. e., a. younger (than now), John 21:18. b. young, youthful (A. V. younger (relatively)): 1 Timothy 5:11, 14; Titus 2:6; opposed to πρεσβυετεροι, 1 Timothy 5:1; 1 Peter 5:5. c. (strictly) younger by birth: Luke 15:12f (4 Macc. 12:1). d. an attendant, servant (see νεανίσκος, at the end): Acts 5:6; inferior in rank, opposed to ὁ μείζων, Luke 22:26.
Strong's new, young. Including the comparative neoteros neh-o'-ter-os; a primary word; "new", i.e. (of persons) youthful, or (of things) fresh; figuratively, regenerate -- new, young. |
