νήπιος, -α, -ον [in LXX chiefly for עוֹלֵל, also for פְּתִי, etc. ;] infant; of children and minors: Mat.21:16 (LXX), 1Co.13:11, Gal.4:1 (see Lft., in l). Metaphorical, childish, unskilled, simple (Psa.19:8, Pro.1:32 al.): Mat.11:25, Luk.10:21, Rom.2:20, Gal.4:3, Eph.4:14, 1Th.2:7 (WH, fox ἤπιοι); opposite to τέλειος, Heb.5:13; ν. ἐν Χριστῷ, 1Co.3:1.† (AS)
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G3516 — νήπιος
nēpios · child · Greek
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Matthew 11:25 · νηπίοις.At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes :Matthew 21:16 · νηπίωνand said unto him, Hearest thou what these are saying? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea: did ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?Luke 10:21 · νηπίοις.In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.Romans 2:20 · νηπίων,a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;1 Corinthians 3:1 · νηπίοιςAnd I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.1 Corinthians 13:11 · νήπιος, · νήπιος, · νήπιος, · νήπιος· · νηπίου.When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.Galatians 4:1 · νήπιόςBut I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;Galatians 4:3 · νήπιοι,So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:Ephesians 4:14 · νήπιοιthat we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;Hebrews 5:13 · νήπιοςFor every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe.