The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

νήπιος

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	νήπιος
Citation form	νήπιος, α, ον
Part of speech	adjective
Gloss	an infant, child, unlearned
Strong’s	G3516
Transliteration	nḗpios
Definition	not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian
KJV glosses	:--babe, child (+ -ish).
Derivation	from an obsolete particle (implying negation) and
SBLGNT occurrences	10

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
νήπιοι	adjective, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Galatians 4:3 adjective, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Ephesians 4:14
νηπίοις	adjective, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — Matthew 11:25 adjective, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — Luke 10:21 adjective, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — 1 Corinthians 3:1
νήπιος	adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — 1 Corinthians 13:11 adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Hebrews 5:13
νήπιός	adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Galatians 4:1
νηπίου	adjective, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — 1 Corinthians 13:11
νηπίων	adjective, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Matthew 21:16 adjective, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Romans 2:20

Morphology

adjective; MorphGNT ----DPM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----GPM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----GSM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NPM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NSM-

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: νηπιος.