UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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νήπιος

MainId: 003419000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ν

StrongCodes: G3516

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003419001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: adjc.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: νήπιος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -α, -ον

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'νηπιάζω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003419001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 9.43

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: People

      LEXSubDomains: Children

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-10 16:04:11

         DefinitionShort: a small child above the age of a helpless infant but probably not more than three or four years of age

         Glosses: small child

         Comments: In {S:04500202000008} the Greek expression διδάσκαλον νηπίων, literally ‘teacher of little children,’ may be better understood in a sense of ‘teacher of the ignorant’ or ‘teacher of the unlearned.’

      LEXReferences: MAT 11:25, MAT 21:16, LUKE 10:21, ROM 2:20, 1 COR 3:1, 1 COR 13:11, 1 COR 13:11, 1 COR 13:11, 1 COR 13:11, 1 COR 13:11, GAL 4:1, GAL 4:3, EPH 4:14, 1 TH 2:7, HEB 5:13