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Strong's G3516 νήπιος (nepios)

Nepios means “babe” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3516 — kabed (“liver”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3516
Language Greek
Linked Usages 58
Books 26

Strong's G3516 Quick Answer

Strong's G3516 νήπιος (nepios) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. nepios (nay'-pee-os) adj. 1. not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor) 2. (figuratively) a simple-minded person, an immature Christian It has 58 linked Bible usages across 26 books. Visible English usage signals include speak. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
nepios (nay'-pee-os) adj. 1. not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor) 2. (figuratively) a simple-minded person, an immature Christian
Usage
58 linked usages
Books
26 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
speak

Meaning and Definition

nepios (nay'-pee-os) adj. 1. not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor) 2. (figuratively) a simple-minded person, an immature Christian [from an obsolete particle ne- (implying negation) and G2031] KJV: babe, child (+ -ish) Root(s): G2031

Original Word
νήπιος
Transliteration
nepios
Derivation
Root: ἔπος R1: 2031
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3516. 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)

child

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G3516 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nepios, 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.

How Strong's G3516 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. 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 30 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.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3516 (νήπιος) appears 49 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3516 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 G3516 in the New Testament

10 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 11:25 KJV

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

Matthew 21:16 KJV

And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Luke 10:21 KJV

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

Strong's G3516 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

30 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

1 Kingdoms 15:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalek and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.

1 Kingdoms 22:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And he smote Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both man and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep.

4 Kingdoms 8:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And Hazael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt utterly destroy their strongholds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.

Strong's G3516 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

17 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 4:10 Septuagint / Brenton

both they, and their wives, and their children, and their cattle, and every stranger and hireling, and their servants bought with money, put sackcloth upon their loins.

Judith 4:12 Septuagint / Brenton

and cried to the God of Israel all with one consent earnestly, that he would not give their children for a prey, and their wives for a spoil, and the cities of their inheritance to destruction, and the sanctuary to profanation and reproach, and for the nations to rejoice at.

Judith 7:22 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore their young children were out of heart, and their women and young men fainted for thirst, and fell down in the streets of the city, and by the passages of the gates, and there was no longer any strength in them.

Strong's G3516 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 99:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And in those days the destitute shall go forth and carry off their children, And they shall abandon them, so that their children shall perish through them: Yea, they shall abandon their children (that are still) sucklings, and not return to them, And shall have no pity on their beloved ones.

Usage Excerpts

First 58 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3516.

1 Kingdoms 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalek and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.
1 Kingdoms 22:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he smote Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both man and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep.
4 Kingdoms 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hazael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt utterly destroy their strongholds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.
Job 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Or I should have been as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother’s womb, Or as infants who never saw light.
Job 24:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who have cast forth the poor from the city and their own houses, And the soul of the children has groaned aloud.
Job 31:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then let my wife also please another, And let my children be brought low.
Job 33:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he will make his flesh tender as that of a babe, And he will restore him among men in his full strength.
Psalms 8:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise, Because of thine enemies; That thou mightest put down the enemy and avenger.
Psalms 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because of the enemies of thy hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; Scatter them in their life, Though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: They have been satisfied with uncleanness, And have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.
Psalms 18:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting souls: The testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes.
Psalms 63:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God shall be exalted, Their wounds were caused by the weapon of the foolish children,
Psalms 114:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me.
Psalms 118:130 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, And instruct the simple.
Psalms 136:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.
Proverbs 1:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; And an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
Proverbs 23:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Refrain not from chastening a child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
Isaiah 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And an infant shall put his hand on the holes of asps, and on the nest of young asps.
Jeremiah 6:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I allowed my wrath to come to the full, yet I kept it in, and did not utterly destroy them: I will pour it out on the children without, and on the assembly of young men together: for man and woman shall be taken together, the old man with him that is full of days.
Jeremiah 9:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For death has come up through your windows, it has entered into our land, to destroy the infants without, and the young men from the streets.
Jeremiah 50:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the mighty men, and the women, and the children that were left, and the daughters of the king, and the souls which Nebuzaradan had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
Jeremiah 51:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now thus has the Lord Almighty said, Wherefore do ye commit these great evils against your souls? to cut off man and woman of you, infant and suckling from the midst of Judah, to the end that not one of you should be left;
Lamentations 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Her oppressors are become the head, And her enemies have prospered; For the Lord has afflicted her Because of the multitude of her sins: Her young children are gone into captivity Before the face of the oppressor.
Lamentations 2:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Mine eyes have failed with tears, My heart is troubled, My glory is cast down to the ground, For the destruction of the daughter of my people; While the infant and suckling swoon In the streets of the city.
Lamentations 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Arise, rejoice in the night At the beginning of thy watch: Pour out thy heart as water Before the face of the Lord: Lift up thy hands to him For the life of thine infants, Who faint for hunger At the top of all the streets.
Lamentations 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, O Lord, And see for whom thou hast gathered thus. Shall the women eat the fruit of their womb? The cook has made a gathering: Shall the infants sucking at the breasts be slain? Wilt thou slay the priest and prophet In the sanctuary of the Lord?
Lamentations 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The tongue of the sucking child Cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: The little children ask for bread, And there is none to break it to them.
Ezekiel 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Slay utterly old man and youth, and virgin, and infants, and women: but go ye not nigh any on whom is the mark: begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the elder men who were within in the house.
Hosea 11:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.
Joel 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the infants at the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Nahum 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet she shall go as a prisoner into captivity, and they shall dash her infants against the ground at the top of all her ways: and they shall cast lots upon all her glorious possessions, and all her nobles shall be bound in chains.
Matthew 11:25 New Testament, KJV
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Matthew 21:16 New Testament, KJV
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
Luke 10:21 New Testament, KJV
In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Romans 2:20 New Testament, KJV
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
1 Corinthians 3:1 New Testament, KJV
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
1 Corinthians 13:11 New Testament, KJV
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Galatians 4:1 New Testament, KJV
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
Galatians 4:3 New Testament, KJV
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Ephesians 4:14 New Testament, KJV
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Hebrews 5:13 New Testament, KJV
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Judith 4:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
both they, and their wives, and their children, and their cattle, and every stranger and hireling, and their servants bought with money, put sackcloth upon their loins.
Judith 4:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and cried to the God of Israel all with one consent earnestly, that he would not give their children for a prey, and their wives for a spoil, and the cities of their inheritance to destruction, and the sanctuary to profanation and reproach, and for the nations to rejoice at.
Judith 7:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore their young children were out of heart, and their women and young men fainted for thirst, and fell down in the streets of the city, and by the passages of the gates, and there was no longer any strength in them.
Judith 7:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For it is better for us to be made a spoil unto them, than to die for thirst: for we will be his servants, that our souls may live, and not see the death of our infants before our eyes, nor our wives nor our children to die.
Judith 16:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Assyria came out of the mountains from the north, He came with ten thousands of his army, The multitude whereof stopped the torrents, And their horsemen have covered the hills.
1 Maccabees 2:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Her glorious vessels are carried away into captivity, her infants are slain in the streets, her young men with the sword of the enemy.
2 Maccabees 5:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus there was killing of young and old, making away of men, women, and children, slaying of virgins and infants.
2 Maccabees 8:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and remember the wicked slaughter of harmless infants, and the blasphemies committed against his name; and that he would show his hatred against the wicked.
2 Maccabees 9:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and as touching the Jews, whom he had judged not worthy so much as to be buried, but to be cast out with their children to be devoured of the fowls and wild beasts, he would make them all equals to the citizens of Athens:
3 Maccabees 3:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whoever shall shield a Jew, whether it be old man, child, or suckling, shall with his whole house be tortured to death.
3 Maccabees 5:50 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless, when they reflected upon the succor before granted them from heaven, they prostrated themselves with one accord; removed even the sucking children from the breast, and
3 Maccabees 6:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The whole band of infants and their parents with tears beseech thee.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, And made the tongues of them that cannot speak eloquent.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For they went astray very far in the ways of error, And held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, Being deceived, as children of no understanding.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection, Are most foolish, and are more miserable than very babes.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they had determined to slay the babes of the saints, One child being cast forth, and saved, To reprove them, thou tookest away the multitude of their children, And destroyedst them all together in a mighty water.
Wisdom of Sirach 30:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Beat his sides while he is still young, Lest becoming stubborn, he disobey thee.
1 Enoch 99:5 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And in those days the destitute shall go forth and carry off their children, And they shall abandon them, so that their children shall perish through them: Yea, they shall abandon their children (that are still) sucklings, and not return to them, And shall have no pity on their beloved ones.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3516, grouped by book.

1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Galatians 2 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3516 FAQ

What does nepios (νήπιος) mean?

Nepios (Strong's G3516) is a Greek word most simply glossed "babe". nepios (nay'-pee-os) adj. 1. not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor) 2. (figuratively) a simple-minded person, an immature Christian

How many times is nepios (νήπιος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 58 linked usages for Strong's G3516 across 26 books.

Where can I study nepios (νήπιος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3516 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate nepios (νήπιος)?

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

Does Strong's G3516 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 30 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 17 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3516, with linked reader references where each row is available.