Quick Definition
νήπιος, α, ον Adj an infant, child, unlearned
Strong's Definition
from an obsolete particle ne- (implying negation) and 2031; not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian
KJV Usage: babe, child (+ -ish)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -α, -ον | νηπιάζω
9.43 · People · Children
small child a small child above the age of a helpless infant but probably not more than three or four years of age In ROM 2:20 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.’
MAT 11:25 · MAT 21:16 · LUK 10:21 · ROM 2:20 · 1CO 3:1 · 1CO 13:11 · 1CO 13:11 · 1CO 13:11 · 1CO 13:11 · 1CO 13:11 · GAL 4:1 · GAL 4:3 · EPH 4:14 · HEB 5:13
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νήπιος, -a, -ov, (fr. νη, an insep. neg. prefix [Lat. nefas, ne-quam, ni-si, ete. ef. Curtius § 437], and ἔπος) ; as in Grk. writers fr. Hom. down, a. an infant, little child: Mt. xxi. 16 (fr. Ps. viii. 3); 1 Co. xiii. 11; Sept. esp. for 9>iy and Ὁ». b. aminor, not of age: Gal. iv. 1 [ef. Bp. Lghtft. ad loe.]. c. metaph. childish, untaught, unskilled, (Sept. for 9, Ps. xviii. (xix.) 8; exviii. (exix.) 130; Prov. i. 32): Mt. xi. 25; Lk. x. 21; Ro. ii. 20; Gal. iv. 3; Eph. iv. 14; opp. to τέλειοι, the more advanced in understanding and knowledge, Heb. vy. 13 sq. (Philo de agric. § 2); νήπ. ἐν Χριστῷ, in things pertaining to Christ, 1 Co. iii. 1. In 1 Th. ii. 7 LL WH [ef. the latter’s note ad loc.] have hastily received νήπιοι for the common reading ἤπιοι.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νήπιος nēpios 15x
pr. not speaking, Latin infans; an infant, babe, child, Mt. 21:16; 1 Cor. 13:11; one below the age of manhood, a minor, Gal. 4:1; met. a babe in knowledge, unlearned, simple, Mt. 11:25; Rom. 2:20
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νήπιος, -α, -ον,
[in LXX chiefly for עוֹלֵל, also for פְּתִי, etc.;]
infant; of children and minors: Mt 21:16(LXX), I Co 13:11, Ga 4:1 (v. Lft., in l.). Metaph., childish, unskilled, simple (Ps 18 (19):8, Pr 1:32, al.): Mt 11:25, Lk 10:21, Ro 2:20, Ga 4:3, Eph 4:14, I Th 2:7 (WH, fox ἤπιοι); opp. to τέλειος, He 5:13; ν. ἐν Χριστῷ, I Co 3:1.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νήπιος (nēpios) — child. νήπῐος, α [Refs 2nd c.AD+], Ionic dialect η, ον, also ος, ον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— infant, child, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ νηπίου from a child, from infancy, [τὸ ἡδὺ] ἐκ ν. ἡμῖν συντέθραπται [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; infant in law, minor, ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ὁ κληρονόμος ν. ἐστιν [NT]; of children up to puberty, αἱ τῶν ν. ἐκλάμψιες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but of the foetus in its early stage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. less frequently of animals, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νήπια alone, the young of an animal, [Refs]
3. of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically,
II.1. of the understanding, childish, silly, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply, without foresight, blind, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔτε πρὶν νήπιον, νῦν τ᾽.. μέγαν no child before and now full-grown (i.e. in mind), [Refs]; of words, νήπια βάζεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. of bodily strength, like that of a child, βίη δέ τε ν. αὐτῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]