Greek adjective · G3516
νήπιος
nepiosnay'-pee-os
child
15 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nḗpios
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3516is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3516
not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian
The King James renders it: babe, child (+ -ish).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nepios is rendered "child". It stands 15 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Six of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
Matthew 11:25νηπίοις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's fifteen uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a child5
- infants2
- to little children2
- an infant1
- child1
- children1
- of babes1
- of infants1
- to infants1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| νηπιάζω | nepiazo | be childlike | Uses1 |
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- νήπιος5
- νήπιοι3
- νηπίοις3
- νηπίων2
- νήπιός1
- νηπίου1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular6A-NSM
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural3A-DPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3A-NPM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2A-GPM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1A-GSM
Matthew
two uses
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
- νηπίοιςnepioisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to little children
“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
- νηπίωνnepionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of babes
Luke
one use
At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
- νηπίοιςnepioisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to little children
Romans
one use
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
- νηπίωνnepionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of infants
1 Corinthians
six uses
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
- νηπίοιςnepioisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to infants
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
- νήπιοςnepiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a child
- νήπιοςnepiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a child
- νήπιοςnepiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a child
- νήπιοςnepiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a child
- νηπίουnepiouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: child
Galatians
two uses
What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
- νήπιόςnepiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a child
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
- νήπιοιnepioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: children
Ephesians
one use
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
- νήπιοιnepioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: infants
1 Thessalonians
one use
On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
- νήπιοιnepioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: infants
Hebrews
one use
For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.
- νήπιοςnepiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: an infant
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.