New
νέοςStrong’s G3501neos
Appears in 21 verses of the New Testament
In short
Neos is the Greek word usually translated “new”, “younger” and “nea”. It appears in 21 verses of the New Testament.
“Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;”
Meaning
Usually translated “new”, “younger” and “nea”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- new 11
- younger 11
- nea 1
- a new 1
- young 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 6
- 1 Timothy 4
- Acts 2
- Titus 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 5:2In contextThe elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
- 1 Timothy 5:11In contextBut the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
- 1 Timothy 5:14In contextI will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
- Titus 2:4In contextThat they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
- Titus 2:6In contextYoung men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
- Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Greek dictionary
νέος neos · new
νέος, -α, -ον [in LXX for נַעַר (Gen.37:2, Exo_33:11, al.), חָדָשׁ (Lev.23:16, Num.28:26, al.), etc.; compar. -ώτερος for קָטָן, צָעִיר, etc. ;] 1. young, youthful: Tit.2:4. 2. new (prop., in respect of time; see: καινός): οἶνος (cf. οἶ. καινός, Mat.26:20), Mat.9:17, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37-39; φύραμα (figuratively), 1Co.5:7; διαθήκη (cf. καινὴ δ., Heb.9:15), Heb.12:24; metaphorically, ἄνθρωπος (cf. καινὸς ἀ, Eph.2:15), Col.3:10. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “new” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NEW, adjective
- Lately made, invented, produced or come into being; that has existed a short time only; recent in origin; novel; opposed to old, and used of things; as a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion; a new theory; the new chimistry; a new discovery.
- Lately introduced to our knowledge; not before known; recently discovered; as a new metal; a new species of animals or plants found in foreign countries; the new continent.
- Modern; not ancient.
- Recently produced by change; as a new life.“Put on the new man” Ephesians 4:24
All definitions and other forms of “new”
- Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
- Renovated; repaired so as to recover the first state.
- Fresh after any event.
- Not of ancient extraction or a family of ancient distinction.
- Not before used; strange; unknown.“They shall speak with new tongues” Mark 16:17
- Recently commenced; as the new year.
- Having passed the change or conjunction with the sun; as the new moon.
- Not cleared and cultivated, or lately cleared; as new land.
- That has lately appeared for the first time; as a new star.
NEW, verb transitive
To make new [Not used.]
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.