Strong's Lexicon

G3501

G3501 — νέος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekneosadjectiveOccurrences: 24

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G3501
Word:νέος
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:a primary word
Language:Greek
Occurrences:24
Transliteration:neos
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:neh'-os (including the comparative neoteros neh-o'-ter-os) adj.
Meaning:1. "new" 2. (of persons) youthful 3. (of things) fresh 4. (figuratively) regenerate
KJV Renderings:new, young

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

νέος, νέα, νεσον (allied with Latinnovus, German neu, English new; Curtius, § 433), as in Greek authors from Homer down,

1. recently born, young, youthful: Tit 2:4 (for ðÇòÇø, Gen 37:2; Exo 33:11); οἶνος νέος, recently made, Mat 9:17; Mar 2:22; Luk 5:31-39 (but 39 WH in brackets) (Sir 9:10).

2. new: 1Co 5:7; Heb 12:24; equivalent to born again, ἄνθρωπος (which see 1 f.), Col 3:10. (Synonym: see καινός, at the end.)

STRONGS NT 3501: νεώτεροςνεώτερος, νεωτέρα, νεώτερον (comparitive of νέος, which see) (from Homer down), younger; i. e., a. younger (than now), Joh 21:18.

b. young, youthful (A. V. younger (relatively)): 1Ti 5:11; 1Ti 5:14; Tit 2:6; opposed to πρεσβυετεροι, 1Ti 5:1; 1Pe 5:5.

c. (strictly) younger by birth: Luk 15:12 f (4Ma 12:1).

d. an attendant, servant (see νεανίσκος, at the end): Act 5:6; inferior in rank, opposed to ὁ μείζων, Luk 22:26.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

νέος (new)

Matthew 9:17

KJV: Neither do men put new wine into old bottles else the bottles break and the wine runneth out and the bottles perish but they put new wine into new bottles and both are preserved
GK: ουδέ βάλλουσιν οίνον νέον εις ασκούς παλαιούς ει ρήγνυνται οι ασκοί και ο οίνος εκχείται και οι ασκοί απολούνται αλλά βάλλουσιν οίνον νέον εις ασκούς καινούς και αμφότερα συντηρούνται

Mark 2:22

KJV: And no man putteth new wine into old bottles else the new wine doth burst the bottles and the wine is spilled and the bottles will be marred but new wine must be put into new bottles
GK: και ουδείς βάλλει οίνον νέον εις ασκούς παλαιούς ει ρήσσει ο οίνος ο νέος τους ασκούς και ο οίνος εκχείται και οι ασκοί απολούνται αλλά οίνον νέον εις ασκούς καινούς βλητέον

Luke 5:37

KJV: And no man putteth new wine into old bottles else the new wine will burst the bottles and be spilled and the bottles shall perish
GK: και ουδείς βάλλει οίνον νέον εις ασκούς παλαιούς ει ρήξει ο νέος οίνος τους ασκούς και αυτός εκχυθήσεται και οι ασκοί απολούνται

Luke 5:38

KJV: But new wine must be put into new bottles and both are preserved
GK: αλλά οίνον νέον εις ασκούς καινούς βλητέον και αμφότεροι συντηρούνται

Luke 5:39

KJV: No man also having drunk old straightway desireth new for he saith The old is better
GK: και ουδείς πιών παλαιόν ευθέως θέλει νέον λέγει γαρ ο παλαιός χρηστότερός εστιν

Luke 15:12

KJV: And the younger of them said to father Father give me the portion of goods that falleth And he divided unto them living
GK: και είπεν ο νεώτερος αυτών τω πατρί πάτερ δος μοι το επιβάλλον μέρος της ουσίας και διείλεν αυτοίς τον βίον

Luke 15:13

KJV: And not many days after the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country and there wasted his substance with riotous living
GK: και μετ΄ ου πολλάς ημέρας συναγαγών άπαντα ο νεώτερος υιός απεδήμησεν εις χώραν μακράν και εκεί διεσκόρπισε την ουσίαν αυτού ζων ασώτως

Luke 22:26

KJV: But ye not so but he that is greatest among you let him be as the younger and he that is chief as he that doth serve
GK: υμείς δε ουχ ούτως αλλ΄ ο μείζων εν υμίν γενέσθω ως ο νεώτερος και ο ηγούμενος ως ο διακονών

John 21:18

KJV: Verily verily I say unto thee When thou wast young thou girdedst thyself and walkedst whither thou wouldest but when thou shalt be old thou shalt stretch forth thy hands and another shall gird thee and carry whither thou wouldest not
GK: αμήν αμήν λέγω σοι ότε ης νεώτερος εζώννυες σεαυτόν και περιεπάτεις όπου ήθελες όταν δε γηράσης εκτενείς τας χείράς σου και άλλος σε ζώσει και οίσει όπου ου θέλεις
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