verb
nēpiazamō
Strong’sG3515
I am childish, infantile
stem nēpiaz-once in the New Testament1 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.
* νηπιάζω
(< νήπιος), (Hippocr., = νηπιαχεύω, Hom.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3515 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnay-pee-ad'-zo
to act as a babe, i.e. (figuratively) innocently
Fromfrom G3516;
King Jamesbe a child.
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
to be as a babe, childish, Erinn.in NT+5th c.BC+
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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| nēpiazavōrνηπιάζετε | happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural | infants | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nēpiazamō | nēpiazame | nēpiazami | nēpiazama | nēpiazamē | nēpiazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | nēpiazasō | nēpiazase | nēpiazasi | nēpiazasa | nēpiazasē | nēpiazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nēpiazatō | nēpiazate | nēpiazati | nēpiazata | nēpiazatē | nēpiazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | nēpiazanō | nēpiazane | nēpiazani | nēpiazana | nēpiazanē | nēpiazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nēpiazavō | nēpiazave | nēpiazavi | nēpiazava | nēpiazavē | nēpiazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | nēpiazalō | nēpiazale | nēpiazali | nēpiazala | nēpiazalē | nēpiazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nēpiazameiō | nēpiazameia | nēpiazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | nēpiazaseiō | nēpiazaseia | nēpiazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nēpiazateiō | nēpiazateia | nēpiazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | nēpiazaneiō | nēpiazaneia | nēpiazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nēpiazaveiō | nēpiazaveia | nēpiazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | nēpiazaleiō | nēpiazaleia | nēpiazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | nēpiazasōr | nēpiazasar | nēpiazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nēpiazatōr | nēpiazatar | nēpiazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | nēpiazavōr1×νηπιάζετε | nēpiazavar | nēpiazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | nēpiazalōr | nēpiazalar | nēpiazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nēpiazamoiō | nēpiazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | nēpiazasoiō | nēpiazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nēpiazatoiō | nēpiazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | nēpiazanoiō | nēpiazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | nēpiazavoiō | nēpiazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | nēpiazaloiō | nēpiazaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | nēpiazarō | nēpiazari | nēpiazara | nēpiazarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | nēpiazarōntos | nēpiazarintos | nēpiazarantos | nēpiazarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
nēpiaz 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
nēpiazavōr“infants”happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural1×
1 Corinthians 14:20… genovōr tai frenai, alla ta kakia nēpiazavōr, tai de frenai teleiois genovōr.… children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.