noun · neuter
brefem
Strong’sG1025
infant, babe
stem bref-8 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** βρέφος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX: Si 19:11, I Mac 1:61, II Mac 6:10, III Mac 5:49, IV Mac 4:25*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1025 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbref'-os
an infant (properly, unborn) literally or figuratively
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jamesbabe, (young) child, infant.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
babe in the womb, foetus, β. ἡμίονον κυέουσαν, of a mare, Refs 8th c.BC+
II new-born babe, LXX+5th c.BC+, etc.; of beasts, foal, whelp, cub, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; nestling, Refs 4th c.AD+; ἐκ βρέφεος from babyhood, NT. (Cf. Slavonic žrèbę 'foal'.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | brefem2×βρέφος | brefeim1×βρέφη |
| of, belonging to genitive | brefeu1×βρέφους | brefeiu |
| to, for dative | brefe | brefei |
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
brefe 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
brefem“baby”subject or objectdirect singular2×
Luke 1:41… tau Mariau tas Elisabet, skirtata tem brefem en ta koilia autau, kai pimplēita …When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth …
Luke 1:44… oueim mu, skirtata en agalliasia tem brefem en ta koilia mu.… your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
brefeu“childhood”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Timothy 3:15“childhood”kai hoti apo brefeu hiereim grammeim oidasē, teim dunorōnteim sin …From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for …
brefeim“infants”subject or objectdirect plural1×
1 Peter 2:2“infants”hōs artigennēteim brefeim tem logikem adolem galaktem epipothavar, hina …Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it …
brefem2×
Luke 2:12kai houtem vi tem sēmem, heuriskavi brefem sparganorēntem kai keiorōntem en fatna.… to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying …
Luke 2:16… Mariam kai ton Iōsēf kai tem brefem keiorōntem en ta fatna;… found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.
brefeim2×
Luke 18:15“infants”Prosferale de auto kai teim brefeim hina auteiu haptoteiō; horarantois de tois …Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they …
Acts 7:19… kakata toin patroin teu poiarō teim brefeim ektheteim autoiu eis tem mē zōogonorō.… fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.