Strong's Lexicon
G3494 — νεανίας
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3494 |
|---|---|
| Word: | νεανίας |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G3501 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | neanias |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | neh-an-ee'-as |
| Meaning: | 1. a youth (up to about forty years) |
| KJV Renderings: | young man |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νεανίας, νεανίου, ὁ (from νέαν, and this from νέος; cf. μεγιστάν (which see), ξυνάν), from Homer down; Hebrew ðÇòÇø and áÈÌçåÌø; a young man: Act 20:9; Act 23:17, and R G in 18 (so here WH text), 22; it is used as in Greek writings, like the Latinadulescens and the Hebrew ðÇòÇø (Gen 41:12), of men between twenty-four and forty years of age (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 213; (Diogenes Laכrtius 8, 10; other references in Stephanus’ Thesaurus, see under the words, νεᾶνις, νεανίσκος): Act 7:58.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
νεανίας (young man)
Acts 7:58
- KJV: And cast out of the city and stoned and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet whose name was Saul
- GK: και εκβαλόντες έξω της πόλεως ελιθοβόλουν και οι μάρτυρες απεθέντο τα ιμάτια αυτών παρά τους πόδας νεανίου καλουμένου Σαύλου
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
- GK: καθήμενος δε τις νεανίας ονόματι Εύτυχος επί της θυρίδος καταφερόμενος ύπνω βαθεί διαλεγομένου του Παύλου επί πλείον κατενεχθείς από του ύπνου έπεσεν από του τριστέγου κάτω και ήρθη νεκρός
Acts 23:17
- KJV: Then Paul called one of the centurions and said Bring this young man unto the chief captain for he hath a certain thing to tell him
- GK: προσκαλεσάμενος δε ο Παύλος ένα των εκατοντάρχων έφη τον νεανίαν τούτον απάγαγε προς τον χιλίαρχον έχει γαρ τι απαγγείλαι αυτώ
Acts 23:18
- KJV: So he took him and brought to the chief captain and said Paul the prisoner called me unto and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee who hath something to say unto thee
- GK: ο μεν ουν παραλαβών αυτόν ήγαγε προς τον χιλίαρχον και φησίν ο δέσμιος Παύλος προσκαλεσάμενός με ηρώτησε τούτον τον νεανίαν αγαγείν προς σε έχοντά τι λαλήσαί σοι
Acts 23:22
- KJV: So the chief captain let the young man depart and charged tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me
- GK: ο μεν ουν χιλίαρχος απέλυσε τον νεανίαν παραγγείλας μηδενί εκλαλήσαι ότι ταύτα ενεφάνισας προς με