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 answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.Matthew 21:16 · νηπίωνand said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?’”Luke 10:21 · νηπίοις.In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”Romans 2:20 · νηπίων,a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.1 Corinthians 3:1 · νηπίοιςBrothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.1 Corinthians 13:11 · νήπιος, · νήπιος, · νήπιος, · νήπιος· · νηπίου.When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have 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 is no different 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 elemental principles of the world.Ephesians 4:14 · νήπιοιthat we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;Hebrews 5:13 · νήπιοςFor everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.