νήπιος (nēpios) means “child” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: nay'-pee-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
νήπιος · nēpios · child
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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unlearned, unenlightened; noun: an infant, child.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a child | 5 |
| infants | 2 |
| to little children | 2 |
| an infant | 1 |
| childish ways | 1 |
| children | 1 |
| gentle | 1 |
| of children | 1 |
| of infants | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a child | 5 |
| unto babes | 3 |
| children | 2 |
| of babes | 2 |
| a babe | 1 |
| childish | 1 |
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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.
Read word by word“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’?”
Read word by wordAt 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.
Read word by wordan instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
Read word by wordBrothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
Read word by wordWhen 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.
Read word by wordWhat 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.
Read word by wordSo also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordFor everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.
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