adjective

nēpios

Greekνήπιος (nēpios)

Strong’sG3516

an infant, child, unlearned

stem nēpi-14 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

child5×infants4×children2×childish1×immature1×infant1×

What it means

νήπιος, -α, -ον,

[in LXX chiefly for עוֹלֵל, also for פְּתִי, etc.;]

infant; of children and minors: Mt 21:16(LXX), I Co 13:11, Ga 4:1 (v. Lft., in l.). Metaph., childish, unskilled, simple (Ps 18 (19):8, Pr 1:32, al.): Mt 11:25, Lk 10:21, Ro 2:20, Ga 4:3, Eph 4:14, I Th 2:7 (WH, fox ἤπιοι); opp. to τέλειος, He 5:13; ν. ἐν Χριστῷ, I Co 3:1.†

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

Strong’s G3516 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidnay'-pee-os

not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian

Fromfrom an obsolete particle νή- (implying negation) and G2031;

King Jamesbabe, child (+ -ish).

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	nēpios6×νήπιος	nēpias	nēpiem	nēpiois2×νήπιοι	nēpiais	nēpieim
object accusative	nēpion	nēpian		nēpioin	nēpiain
direct address vocative	nēpior	nēpiar		nēpioir	nēpiair
of, belonging to genitive	nēpiou1×νηπίου	nēpiau	nēpieu	nēpioiu2×νηπίων	nēpiaiu	nēpieiu
to, for dative	nēpio	nēpia	nēpie	nēpioi3×νηπίοις	nēpiai	nēpiei

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

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

nēpi 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

14 occurrences, every one of them listed

nēpios“child”subjectnominative singular6×

1 Corinthians 13:11“child”hote eme nēpios, lalame hōs nēpios, froname hōs nēpios, logizeme hōs nēpios; hote ginamē anēros, katargamē teim tou nēpiou.When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

1 Corinthians 13:11“child”hote eme nēpios, lalame hōs nēpios, froname hōs nēpios, logizeme hōs nēpios; hote ginamē anēros, katargamē teim tou nēpiou.When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

1 Corinthians 13:11“child”hote eme nēpios, lalame hōs nēpios, froname hōs nēpios, logizeme hōs nēpios; hote ginamē anēros, katargamē teim tou nēpiou.When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

1 Corinthians 13:11“child”hote eme nēpios, lalame hōs nēpios, froname hōs nēpios, logizeme hōs nēpios; hote ginamē anēros, katargamē teim tou nēpiou.When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

Galatians 4:1“child”Legamō de, epi hoson chronon tos klēronomos nēpios atō, oudenem diaferatō doulou kurios panteiu arōtos,What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.

Hebrews 5:13“infant”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.

nēpiou“childish”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

1 Corinthians 13:11“childish”hote eme nēpios, lalame hōs nēpios, froname hōs nēpios, logizeme hōs nēpios; hote ginamē anēros, katargamē teim tou nēpiou.When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

nēpiois“children”subjectnominative plural2×

Galatians 4:3“children”houtōs kai nis, hote ane nēpiois, hupo teim stoicheieim tou kosmou ene douleuirētois;So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.

Ephesians 4:14“children”hina mēketi aneiō nēpiois, kludōnizerōtois kai periferirōtois panto anemo tau didaskaliau en ta kubeia toiu anthrōpoiu en panourgia pros tan methodeian tau planau,Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

nēpioiu“infants”of, belonging togenitive plural2×

Matthew 21:16“infants”kai legala auto; Akouasō tinem houtois legalō? tos de Iēsus legatō autoi; Nai. oudepote anaginōskava hoti Ek stomeu nēpioiu kai thēlazarōtoiu katartizesa ainon?“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

Romans 2:20“immature”paideuton afrōnoiu, didaskalon nēpioiu, echarōton tan morfōsian tau gnōsiau kai tau alētheiau en to nomoan instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth —

nēpioi“infants”to, fordative plural3×

Matthew 11:25“infants”En ekeino to kairo apokriniratos tos Iēsus legata; Exomologemō si, patēror kurior tou ouranou kai tau gēau, hoti kruptasa houteim apo sofoiu kai sunetoiu, kai apokaluptasa auteim nēpioi;At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

Luke 10:21“infants”En auta ta hōra agallieta te pneume te hagie kai legata; Exomologemō si, patēror kurior tou ouranou kai tau gēau, hoti apokruptasa houteim apo sofoiu kai sunetoiu, kai apokaluptasa auteim nēpioi; nai, tor patēror, hoti houtōs eudokias gineta emprosthen su.At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

1 Corinthians 3:1“infants”Kamis, adelfoir, ouk dunima lalara vi hōs pneumatikoi alla hōs sarkinoi, hōs nēpioi en Christo.Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly — as infants in Christ.