Word Study · Strong's G3495 · Greek
νεανίσκος
neaniskos
neh-an-is'-kos
Strong's 1890 spelling: neanískos
“a youth (under forty)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a youth (under forty)
Rendered in the KJV as
young man.
- 11occurrencesin the New Testament
- 5 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- νεανίσκον3
- νεανίσκοι2
- νεανίσκοι,2
- νεανίσκος2
- νεανίσκε,1
- νεανίσκος·1
How it is rendered · 7
- young man4
- young men,2
- a young man1
- young [men]1
- Young man,1
- young man;1
- young men1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2
- noun · vocative (address) · masculine plural2
- noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASM · 3
- N-NSM · 3
- N-NPM · 2
- N-VPM · 2
- N-VSM · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 19:20νεανίσκος·neaniskosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”here: young man;
- Matthew 19:22νεανίσκοςneaniskosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularWhen the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.here: young man
Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 14:51νεανίσκοςneaniskosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularOne young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,here: young man
- Mark 16:5νεανίσκονneaniskonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularWhen they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.here: a young man
Acts4 occurrences
- Acts 2:17νεανίσκοιneaniskoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.here: young men
- Acts 5:10νεανίσκοιneaniskoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralAt that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.here: young [men]
- Acts 23:18νεανίσκονneaniskonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularSo the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”here: young man
- Acts 23:22νεανίσκονneaniskonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularSo the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”here: young man
1 John2 occurrences
- 1 John 2:13νεανίσκοι,neaniskoinoun · vocative (address) · masculine pluralI am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.here: young men,
- 1 John 2:14νεανίσκοι,neaniskoinoun · vocative (address) · masculine pluralI have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.here: young men,