Quick Definition
βρέφος, ους, τό n.n. infant, babe
Strong's Definition
of uncertain affinity; an infant (properly, unborn) literally or figuratively
KJV Usage: babe, (young) child, infant
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ους
9.45 · People · Children
baby, infant, fetus a very small child, even one still unborn In a number of languages one must make a clear distinction between a baby after its birth and one before birth, that is, a fetus. Hence, in such languages the term employed in LUK 1:41 must be quite different from the term used in LUK 2:12.
LUK 1:41 · LUK 1:44 · LUK 2:12 · LUK 2:16 · LUK 18:15 · ACT 7:19 · 1PE 2:2
67.152 · Time · Indefinite Units of Time: Age, Lifetime, Interval, Period
childhood (probably implying a time when a child is still nursing), infancy the period of time when one is very young
1 The meanings of terms in 67.152-67.158 could almost be treated equally well in Domain 23 Physiological Processes and States, since these could be regarded as simply derivatives of physiological states. However, the focus of meaning in the respective contexts seems to be more upon a particular period of time rather than upon a physiological state or condition.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βρέφος, τους, τό; a. an unborn child, embryo, fetus : Lk. i. 41, 44; (Hom. II. 23, 266; Plut. rep. Stoic. 41 τὸ Bp. ἐν τῇ γαστρί). b. a new-born child, an infant, a babe, (so fr. Pind. down): Lk. ii. 12, 16; xviii. 15; Acts vii. 19; 1 Pet. ii. 2; ἀπὸ βρέφους from infancy, 2 Tim. iii. 15 (so ἐκ βρέφους, Anth. Pal. 9, 567).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βρέφος brephos 8x
a child; whether unborn, an embryo, fetus, Lk. 1:41, 44; or just born, an infant, Lk. 2:12, 16; Acts 7:19; or partly grown, Lk. 18:15; 2 Tim. 3:15; met. a babe in simplicity of faith, 1 Pet. 2:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** βρέφος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX: Si 19:11, I Mac 1:61, II Mac 6:10, III Mac 5:49, IV Mac 4:25*;]
an unborn child: Lk 1:41, 44.
a newborn child, a babe: Lk 2:12, 16 18:15, Ac 7:19, I Pe 2:2; ἀπὸ βρέφους, from infancy, II Ti 3:15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βρέφος. BGU IV. 1104** (time of Augustus) ἑατῆς τὸ βρέφος ἐκτίθεσθαι, P Oxy VII. 1069” (iii/ A.p.) ἐὰν yap τέκῃ 7 Tapovy ἀνάγκασον αὐτὴν τὸ βρέφος φειλοπονῆσε (2 φιλοπονῆσαι), 20. XI. 1209᾽5 (A.D. 251-3) ἀρρενικ βρέφει, “male nursling child,” P Lond 951 werso% (late iii/A.D.) (= III. p. 213) εἰ O€Afets, τ]ὸ βρέφος ἐχέτω τροφόν, ἐγὼ yap οὐκ ἐπιτίρέϊπω τῇ θυγατρί μου θηλάζειν, a letter from a father-in-law or mother-in-law with reference to the nursing of a new-born child. In the magic papyrus P Lond 1221 (iv/A.D.) (=I. p. 116) Hermes is invoked—®AOe] pou κύριε “Ἑρμῆ ὡς τὰ βρέφη cis τὰς κοιλίας τῶν γυναι[κῶ]ν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βρέφος (brephos) — infant. βρέφος, εος, τό, babe in the womb, foetus, β. ἡμίονον κυέουσαν, of a mare, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. new-born babe, [LXX+5th c.BC+], etc.; of beasts, foal, whelp, cub, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; nestling, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἐκ βρέφεος from babyhood, [NT]. (Cf. Slavonic žrèbę 'foal'.)