Infant
βρέφοςStrong’s G1025brephos
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Brephos is the Greek word usually translated “baby”, “infants” and “childhood”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:”
Meaning
Usually translated “baby”, “infants” and “childhood”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- baby 3
- infants 2
- a baby 1
- childhood 1
- babies 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 5
- Acts 1
- 2 Timothy 1
- 1 Peter 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 1:44For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
- Luke 2:12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
- Luke 2:16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
- Luke 18:15And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
- Acts 7:19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
- 2 Timothy 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Greek dictionary
βρέφος brephos · infant
βρέφος, -ους, τό, [in LXX: Sir.19:11, 1Ma.1:61, 2Ma.6:10, 3Ma.5:49, 4Ma.4:25 * ;] 1. an unborn child: Luk.1:41, 44. 2. a newborn child, a babe: Luk.2:12, 16 18:15, Act.7:19, 1Pe.2:2; ἀπὸ βρέφους, from infancy, 2Ti.3:15. † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “infant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IN'FANT, noun
[Latin infans; in and fans, speaking, fari, to speak.]
- A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe.
- In law, a person under the age of twenty one years, who is incapable of making valid contracts.
All definitions and other forms of “infant”
IN'FANT, adjective
Pertaining to infancy or the first period of life.
- Young; tender; not mature; as infant strength.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.