Neophytos means “novice” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3504 — yithron (“better”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3504 νεόφυτος (neophutos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. neophutos (neh-of'-oo-tos) adj. 1. newly planted 2. (figuratively) a young convert ("neophyte") It has 5 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include novice. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
neophutos (neh-of'-oo-tos) adj. 1. newly planted 2. (figuratively) a young convert ("neophyte") [from G3501 and a derivative of G5453] KJV: novice Root(s): G3501, G5453
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3504. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
new convert
Usage: νεό-φυτος, -ον (νέος, φύω) [in LXX: Job.14:9, Psa.144:12, Isa.5:7 (נֶטַע), Psa.128:3 (שְׁתִל)* ;] newly planted (LXX). Metaphorical, as subst., ὁ ν., a new convert, neophyte, novice: 1Ti.3:6† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render neophutos, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament 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.
Strong's G3504 (νεόφυτος) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
It will blossom from the scent of water, And will produce a crop, as one newly planted.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine On the sides of thy house: Thy children as young olive plants Round about thy table.
Whose children are as plants, Strengthened in their youth: Their daughters are beautiful, sumptuously Adorned after the similitude of a temple.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3504.
It will blossom from the scent of water, And will produce a crop, as one newly planted.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine On the sides of thy house: Thy children as young olive plants Round about thy table.
Whose children are as plants, Strengthened in their youth: Their daughters are beautiful, sumptuously Adorned after the similitude of a temple.
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3504, grouped by book.
Neophytos (Strong's G3504) is a Greek word most simply glossed "novice". neophutos (neh-of'-oo-tos) adj. 1. newly planted 2. (figuratively) a young convert ("neophyte")
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's G3504 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3504 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as novice. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3504, with linked reader references where each row is available.