UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: young man

Semantic entry: 9.32

Semantic domains: People

Subdomains: Males

Definition: a young man beyond the age of puberty, but normally before marriage

Notes: The person referred to as a νεανίας in RV ACT 20:9 · LV ACT 20:9 · Read together ACT 20:9 is called a παῖς ‘boy’ (see 9.41: παῖς) in RV ACT 20:12 · LV ACT 20:12 · Read together ACT 20:12. This should not be understood as identity in meaning, since the person concerned could have been of such an age that either ‘young man’ or ‘boy’ was a possible denotation. In other words, the age reference of νεανίας and παῖς overlaps in Greek. In a number of languages, however, there is a much more specific and clear-cut distinction in age grading.