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Strong's G3494 νεανίας (neanias)

Neanias means “young man” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3494 — yithlah (“Jethlah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3494
Language Greek
Linked Usages 34
Books 12

Strong's G3494 Quick Answer

Strong's G3494 νεανίας (neanias) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. neanias (neh-an-ee'-as) n. 1. a youth (up to about forty years) [from a derivative of G3501] It has 34 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include young. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
neanias (neh-an-ee'-as) n. 1. a youth (up to about forty years) [from a derivative of G3501]
Usage
34 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
young

Meaning and Definition

neanias (neh-an-ee'-as) n. 1. a youth (up to about forty years) [from a derivative of G3501] KJV: young man Root(s): G3501

Original Word
νεανίας
Transliteration
neanias
Derivation
Root: νέος R1: 3501
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3494. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

young man

Usage: νεανίας, -ου, ὁ (νεάν = νέος) [in LXX for נַעַר, בָּחוּר ;] a young man: Act.7:58 20:9 23:17-18.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3494 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render neanias, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

young Acts 7:58

How Strong's G3494 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 16 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3494 (νεανίας) appears 29 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3494 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3494 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 7:58 KJV

And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

Acts 20:9 KJV

And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

Acts 23:17 KJV

Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.

Strong's G3494 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

16 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Judges 16:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And Samson said to the young man that held his hand, Suffer me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, and I will stay myself upon them.

Judges 17:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And there was a young man in Bethlehem of the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was sojourning there.

Judges 17:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

Strong's G3494 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

13 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 8:88 Septuagint / Brenton

Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name?

2 Maccabees 3:26 Septuagint / Brenton

Moreover two other young men appeared before him, notable in strength, excellent in beauty, and comely in apparel, who stood by him on either side, and scourged him continually, and gave him many sore stripes.

2 Maccabees 3:33 Septuagint / Brenton

Now as the high priest was making an atonement, the same young men in the same clothing appeared and stood beside Heliodorus, saying, Give Onias the high priest great thanks, insomuch as for his sake the Lord hath granted thee life:

Usage Excerpts

First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3494.

Judges 16:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson said to the young man that held his hand, Suffer me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, and I will stay myself upon them.
Judges 17:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a young man in Bethlehem of the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
Judges 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
Judges 19:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And her husband rose up, and went after her to speak kindly to her, to recover her to himself; and he had his young man with him, and a pair of asses; and she brought him into the house of her father; and the father of the damsel saw him, and was well pleased to meet him.
Judges 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his young man; but his father-in-law the father of the damsel said to him, Behold now, the day has declined toward evening; lodge here, and let thy heart rejoice; and ye shall rise early tomorrow for your journey, and thou shalt go to thy habitation.
Judges 19:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came as far as Jebus: and the day had far advanced, and the young man said to his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites, and let us lodge in it.
Judges 19:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to his young man, Come, and let us draw nigh to one of the places, and we will lodge in Gibeah or in Ramah.
Ruth 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Boaz said, Blessed be thou of the Lord God, my daughter, for thou hast made thy latter kindness greater than the former, in that thou followest not after young men, whether any be poor or rich.
1 Kingdoms 20:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For so long as the son of Jesse lives upon the earth, thy kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he shall surely die.
1 Kingdoms 20:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the boy came to the place where the arrow was which Jonathan shot; and Jonathan cried out after the lad, and said, The arrow is on that side of thee and beyond thee.
2 Kingdoms 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David again gathered all the young men of Israel, about seventy thousand.
3 Kingdoms 12:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rehoboam went into Jerusalem, and he assembled the congregation of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and twenty thousand young men, warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to recover the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
1 Chronicles 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joab saw that they were fronting him to fight against him before and behind, and he chose some out of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against the Syrian.
Proverbs 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Proverbs 20:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And gray hairs are the glory of old men.
Zechariah 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her.
Acts 7:58 New Testament, KJV
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
Acts 20:9 New Testament, KJV
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
Acts 23:17 New Testament, KJV
Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
Acts 23:18 New Testament, KJV
So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
Acts 23:22 New Testament, KJV
So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
1 Esdras 8:88 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name?
2 Maccabees 3:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover two other young men appeared before him, notable in strength, excellent in beauty, and comely in apparel, who stood by him on either side, and scourged him continually, and gave him many sore stripes.
2 Maccabees 3:33 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now as the high priest was making an atonement, the same young men in the same clothing appeared and stood beside Heliodorus, saying, Give Onias the high priest great thanks, insomuch as for his sake the Lord hath granted thee life:
2 Maccabees 7:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when the young man would in no case hearken unto him, the king called his mother, and exhorted her that she would counsel the young man to save his life.
2 Maccabees 7:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whiles she was yet speaking these words, the young man said, Whom wait ye for? I will not obey the king’s commandment: but I will obey the commandment of the law that was given unto our fathers by Moses.
2 Maccabees 10:35 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless upon the fifth day early twenty young men of Maccabeus’ company, inflamed with anger because of the blasphemies, assaulted the wall manly, and with a fierce courage killed all that they met withal.
2 Maccabees 12:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And after he had put to flight and destroyed them, Judas removed the host toward Ephron, a strong city, wherein Lysias abode, and a great multitude of diverse nations, and the strong young men kept the walls, and defended them mightily: wherein also was great provision of engines and darts.
4 Maccabees 8:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
but I do beg you to yield, and to enjoy my friendship; for I possess the power, not only of punishing those who disobey my commands, but of doing good to those who obey them.
4 Maccabees 8:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For they were well aware of the sufferings, and masters of the pains. So that as soon as the tyrant had ceased counseling them to eat the unclean, they altogether with one voice, as from the same heart, said:
4 Maccabees 9:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the noble youth, extended upon this, became dislocated.
4 Maccabees 9:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And although the framework of his bones was now destroyed, the high-minded and Abrahamic youth did not groan.
4 Maccabees 9:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And saying this, the revered youth abruptly closed his life.
4 Maccabees 14:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
We now shudder at the recital of the affliction of those young men; but they not only beheld, and not only heard the immediate execution of the threat, but undergoing it, persevered; and that through the pains of fire.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3494, grouped by book.

Judges 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 5 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3494 FAQ

What does neanias (νεανίας) mean?

Neanias (Strong's G3494) is a Greek word most simply glossed "young man". neanias (neh-an-ee'-as) n. 1. a youth (up to about forty years) [from a derivative of G3501]

How many times is neanias (νεανίας) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's G3494 across 12 books.

Where can I study neanias (νεανίας) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3494 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate neanias (νεανίας)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as young. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3494 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 16 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 13 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3494, with linked reader references where each row is available.