Word study · Greek

nḗpios

infant, child

Say it: NAY-pee-os (approximate)

νήπιος

What it means

A baby, a young child. "We were gentle among you" (2:7) uses a word that may read "babes" or "gentle" in manuscripts.

Range of meaning

  • InfantA baby.
  • ImmatureNot yet grown.

In 1 Thessalonians

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3516 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources