adjective

apeiros

Greekἄπειρος (apeiros)

Strong’sG552

inexperienced, unskillful

stem apeir-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

unskilled1×

What it means

ἄπειρος, -ον

(< ἀ- neg., πεῖρα, trial), [in LXX: Nu 14:23, Za 11:15 (אֱוִילִי), Je 2:6 (עֲרָבָה)*;]

without experience of: c. gen. rei, He 5:13 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G552 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap'-i-ros

inexperienced, i.e. ignorant

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G3984;

King Jamesunskilful.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	apeiros1×ἄπειρος	apeiras	apeirem	apeirois	apeirais	apeireim
object accusative	apeiron	apeiran		apeiroin	apeirain
direct address vocative	apeiror	apeirar		apeiroir	apeirair
of, belonging to genitive	apeirou	apeirau	apeireu	apeiroiu	apeiraiu	apeireiu
to, for dative	apeiro	apeira	apeire	apeiroi	apeirai	apeirei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

apeirstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

apeir is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

apeiros“unskilled”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 5:13“unskilled”pantos gar tos metecharōtos galeu apeiros logou dikaiosunau, nēpios gar atō;For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.