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νήπιος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
νήπιος, -ίου, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
nēpios
Simplified transliteration: 
nepios
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3516
GK Number: 
3758
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
15
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-1a(1)
Gloss: 
(n.) child, infant; (a.) childlike, childish, infantile, with a negative implication of immaturity or positive implication of innocence, depending on the context
Definition: 
pr. not speaking, Latin infans; an infant, babe, child, Mt. 21:16; 1 Cor. 13:11; one below the age of manhood, a minor, Gal. 4:1; met. a babe in knowledge, unlearned, simple, Mt. 11:25; Rom. 2:20

Greek-English Concordance for νήπιος

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus declared, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and revealed them to little (nēpiois | νηπίοις | dat pl masc) children;
Matthew 21:16 and they said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” “Yes,” replied Jesus, “but have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants (nēpiōn | νηπίων | gen pl masc) and nursing babies you have brought forth praise’?”
Luke 10:21 At this time Jesus was filled with joy by the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little (nēpiois | νηπίοις | dat pl masc) children; yes, Father, for such was well-pleasing in your sight.
Romans 2:20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of little (nēpiōn | νηπίων | gen pl masc) children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and of truth —
1 Corinthians 3:1 And so, brothers, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants (nēpiois | νηπίοις | dat pl masc) in Christ.
1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child (nēpios | νήπιος | nom sg masc), I talked like a child (nēpios | νήπιος | nom sg masc), I thought like a child (nēpios | νήπιος | nom sg masc), I reasoned like a child (nēpios | νήπιος | nom sg masc). When I became a man, I set aside childish (nēpiou | νηπίου | gen sg masc) ways.
Galatians 4:1 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a minor (nēpios | νήπιος | nom sg masc), he differs not at all from a slave, even though in fact he owns the entire estate.
Galatians 4:3 And so it is with us. While we were minors (nēpioi | νήπιοι | nom pl masc), we were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.
Ephesians 4:14 so that we may no longer be children (nēpioi | νήπιοι | nom pl masc), tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
1 Thessalonians 2:7 Although we could have made demands as apostles of Christ, we were gentle (nēpioi | νήπιοι | nom pl masc) among you, like a mother tenderly nursing her own children.
Hebrews 5:13 for everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the teaching about righteousness, since he is still a child (nēpios | νήπιος | nom sg masc).