child

Greek Adjective

νήπιος, -α, -ον [in LXX chiefly for עוֹלֵל, also for פְּתִי, etc;] infant; of children and minors: Mat.21:16 (LXX), 1Co.13:11, Gal.4:1 (see Lft, in l). Metaphorical, childish, unskilled, simple (Psa.19:8, Pro.1:32 al.): Mat.11:25, Luk.10:21, Rom.2:20, Gal.4:3, Eph.4:14, 1Th.2:7 (WH, fox ἤπιοι); opposite to τέλειος, Heb.5:13; ν. ἐν Χριστῷ, 1Co.3:1. (AS)

child

Greek Adjective

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+]

Greek

Adjective

not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian; babe, child (+ -ish); from an obsolete particle (implying negation) and g2031 (ἔπος)