ΝΗΠΙΑΖΟΝΤΕΣ, νηπιαζοντες
NĒPIAZONTES, nēpiazontes
Sounds Like: nay-pee-AH-zon-tes
Translations: being infants, acting like infants, being children, acting like children
From the root: ΝΗΠΙΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'being an infant' or 'acting like a child'. It describes someone who is immature or childlike in understanding or behavior, often implying a lack of full spiritual or intellectual development. It is used to refer to those who are new in faith or understanding, or who are still in a state of spiritual immaturity.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G3516 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΗΠΙΑΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΝΗΠΙΑΖΕΤΕ — be a child, be an infant, be childish, be immature
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