νήπιος nēpios

Greek word for “child” · Strong’s G3516 · used 15 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

νήπιος, -α, -ον; infant;

How it is translated

Glosses given for nēpios in context, with how often each is used:

• child 6
• infants 4
• little children 2
• babes 1
• children 1
• infant 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Galatians 4 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 21 (1), Luke 10 (1), Romans 2 (1), 1 Corinthians 3 (1), 1 Corinthians 13 (1), Ephesians 4 (1), 1 Thessalonians 2 (1), Hebrews 5 (1)

Forms

• νήπιος 5
• νηπίοις 3
• νήπιοι 3
• νηπίων 2
• νηπίου 1
• νήπιός 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nēpios more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• συνετός sunetos “intelligent” 2
• ἐξομολογέομαι exomologeomai “to agree” 2
• σοφός sophos “wise” 2
• ἀποκαλύπτω apokaluptō “to reveal” 2
• ναί nai “yes” 2
• ὅτε hote “when” 2
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 3
• οὕτως ohutō, ohutōs “thus(-ly)” 2
• γῆ gē “earth” 2
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 2
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 2
• πατήρ patēr “father” 2

Key verses

The verses using nēpios that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 11:25 — At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast…
• Matthew 21:16 — And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected…
• Luke 10:21 — In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,…
• Romans 2:20 — An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
• 1 Corinthians 3:1 — And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 13:11 — When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
• Galatians 4:1 — Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
• Galatians 4:3 — Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
• Ephesians 4:14 — That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness,…
• 1 Thessalonians 2:7 — But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
• Hebrews 5:13 — For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.