Young man
νεανίαςStrong’s G3494neanias
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Neanias is the Greek word usually translated “young man”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.”
Meaning
Usually translated “young man”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- young man 2
- of a young man 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 20:9And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
- Acts 23:17Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
Greek dictionary
νεανίας neanias · young man
νεανίας, -ου, ὁ (νεάν = νέος) [in LXX for נַעַר, בָּחוּר ;] a young man: Act.7:58 20:9 23:17-18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.