ΝΗΠΙΩ, νηπιω
NĒPIŌ, nēpiō
Sounds Like: NAY-pee-oh
Translations: (to) an infant, (to) a child, (to) a babe, (to) a foolish person, (to) an immature person
From the root: ΝΗΠΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word is the dative singular form of 'ΝΗΠΙΟΣ' (nēpios). It refers to a young child, an infant, or a babe. Metaphorically, it can also describe someone who is immature, simple-minded, or foolish, lacking understanding or spiritual discernment. In this dative form, it indicates the indirect object of an action, meaning 'to/for an infant/child/foolish person' or 'with/by an infant/child/foolish person'.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G3516 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Lamentations — 2:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΗΠΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΝΗΠΙΑ — infants, children, babes
- ΝΗΠΙΟ — infant, child, a child, babe, a babe, immature, simple-minded, foolish
- ΝΗΠΙΟΙ — infants, children, babes, immature ones, simple-minded ones, unskilled ones
- ΝΗΠΙΟΙΣ — infants, children, little children, babes, simple-minded, immature, foolish, to infants, to children, to little children, to babes, to simple-minded, to immature, to foolish
- ΝΗΠΙΟΝ — infant, a child, a little child, a babe, a simpleton, a foolish person, childish, immature
- ΝΗΠΙΟΣ — infant, a infant, child, a child, babe, a babe, immature, foolish, simple-minded, inexperienced
- ΝΗΠΙΟΥ — of a child, of an infant, of a baby, of a simpleton, of a fool
- ΝΗΠΙΟΥΣ — infants, children, babes, immature ones, simple-minded ones
- ΝΗΠΙΩΝ — of infants, of children, of babes, of minors, of simple-minded people
- ΝΗΤΩΝ — of infants, of children, of babes, of the childlike, of the simple-minded
- ΤΕΝΗΠΙΟΣ — infant, a child, immature, simple-minded, foolish, inexperienced
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