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 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.Matthew 21:16 · νηπίων“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’?”Luke 10:21 · νηπίοις.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.Romans 2:20 · νηπίων,an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—1 Corinthians 3:1 · νηπίοιςBrothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.1 Corinthians 13:11 · νήπιος, · νήπιος, · νήπιος, · νήπιος· · νηπίου.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 · νήπιόςWhat 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.Galatians 4:3 · νήπιοι,So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.Ephesians 4:14 · νήπιοιThen 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.Hebrews 5:13 · νήπιοςFor everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.