noun · masculine
neanios
Strong’sG3494
a young man, youth
stem neani-4 times in the New Testament3 of 10 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.
νεανίας, -ου, ὁ
(< νεάν = νέος), [in LXX for נַעַר, בָּחוּר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3494 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidneh-an-ee'-as
a youth (up to about forty years)
Fromfrom a derivative of G3501;
King Jamesyoung man.
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
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect νεηνίης, εω, ὁ, dative plural νεανίοις Refs 3rd c.BC+: (νεάν):—young man, Refs 8th c.BC+: without a substantive in Refs 5th c.BC+
2 frequently with the sense of a youth in character, i.e. either in good sense, impetuous, active, Refs 5th c.BC+; or in bad sense, hot-headed, wilful, headstrong, Refs 5th c.BC+
II as masculine adjective, youthful, νεανίαι τὰς ὄψεις Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 of things, etc., new, young, fresh, νεανίαις ὤμοισι Refs 5th c.BC+; ν. λόγοι rash, wilful words, Refs 5th c.BC+ is trisyllable in Refs 5th c.BC+; compare νεανικός.]
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 nominative | neanios1×νεανίας | neaniois |
| object accusative | neanion2×νεανίαν | neanioin |
| direct address vocative | neanior | neanioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | neaniou1×νεανίου | neanioiu |
| to, for dative | neanio | neanioi |
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
neanio 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
neanios“young man”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 20:9kathezorōntos de tinos neanios onome Eutuchos epi tau thuridau, kataferorōntos …And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window …
neanion“young man”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 23:17… Paulos henon toiu hekatontarchēoiu fēate; Ton neanion houton apagasōr pros ton chiliarchon, echatō …… the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something …
Acts 23:18… Paulos proskalerantos min erōtata houton ton neanion agara pros sin, echarōnton tinem lalara …… and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to …
neaniou“young man”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 7:58… teim himatieim autoiu para toin podoin neaniou kalorōntou Saulou.… garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.