Child
νήπιοςStrong’s G3516nēpios
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Nēpios is the Greek word usually translated “child”, “little children” and “infants”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.”
Meaning
Usually translated “child”, “little children” and “infants”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a child 5
- to little children 2
- infants 2
- of babes 1
- of infants 1
- to infants 1
- child 1
- children 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Galatians 2
- Luke 1
- Romans 1
- Ephesians 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 21:16And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
- Luke 10:21In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
- Romans 2:20An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
- 1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 13:11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
- Galatians 4:1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
Greek dictionary
νήπιος nēpios · child
νήπιος, -α, -ον [in LXX chiefly for עוֹלֵל, also for פְּתִי, etc. ;] infant; of children and minors: Mat.21:16 (LXX), 1Co.13:11, Gal.4:1 (see Lft., in l). Metaphorical, childish, unskilled, simple (Psa.19:8, Pro.1:32 al.): Mat.11:25, Luk.10:21, Rom.2:20, Gal.4:3, Eph.4:14, 1Th.2:7 (WH, fox ἤπιοι); opposite to τέλειος, Heb.5:13; ν. ἐν Χριστῷ, 1Co.3:1.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “child” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHILD, noun
- A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of parents; applied to the human race, and chiefly to a person when young.“Hagar cast the child under one of the shrubs” Genesis 21:15“Jephthas daughter was his only child” Judges 11:34“The child shall behave himself proudly” Isaiah 3:5
- One weak in knowledge, experience, judgment or attainments; as, he is a mere child“Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child” Jeremiah 1:6
- One young in grace. 1
- One who is born again, spiritually renewed and adopted; as a child of God.
All definitions and other forms of “child”
- One who is the product of another; or whose principles and morals are the product of another.“Thou child of the devil” Acts 13:10
- In the plural, the descendants of a man however remote; as the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
- The inhabitants of a country; as the children of Seir.
CHILD, verb intransitive
To bring children.
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.