Strong G1025βρέφος
infant
- Transliteration
- brephos
- Pronunciation
- bref'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; an infant (properly unborn) literally or figuratively: - babe (young) child infant.
Detailed definition
βρέφος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX: Sir.19:11, 1Ma.1:61, 2Ma.6:10, 3Ma.5:49, 4Ma.4:25 *;]
1. an unborn child: Luk.1:41, 44.
2. a newborn child, a babe: Luk.2:12, 16 18:15, Act.7:19, 1Pe.2:2; ἀπὸ βρέφους, from infancy, 2Ti.3:15.
† (AS)
[in LXX: Sir.19:11, 1Ma.1:61, 2Ma.6:10, 3Ma.5:49, 4Ma.4:25 *;]
1. an unborn child: Luk.1:41, 44.
2. a newborn child, a babe: Luk.2:12, 16 18:15, Act.7:19, 1Pe.2:2; ἀπὸ βρέφους, from infancy, 2Ti.3:15.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1025 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- babe5
- child2
- infant1
First verses
- Luke 1:41And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
- Luke 1:44For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
- Luke 2:12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
- Luke 2:16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
- Luke 18:15And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
- Acts 7:19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
- 2 Timothy 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
βρέφος, εος, τό,
babe in the womb, foetus, β. ἡμίονον κυέουσαν, of a mare, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.266, compare 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.222.)]
II new-born babe, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.15, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.33, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1096 (Lyric poetry); νέον β. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 289 [not in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus]: in later Prose, LXX.Sir.19.11, “BGU” 1104.24 (1st c.BC))], etc.; of beasts, foal, whelp, cub, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.153, 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 36, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 3.8, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 5.464, etc.)]; nestling, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Horapollo 2.99)]; ἐκ βρέφεος from babyhood, [NT (Anthologia Graeca 9.567 (Antip.); ἀπὸ β. NT.2Tim.3.15)]. (Cf. Slavonic žrèbę 'foal'.)
babe in the womb, foetus, β. ἡμίονον κυέουσαν, of a mare, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.266, compare 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.222.)]
II new-born babe, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.15, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.33, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1096 (Lyric poetry); νέον β. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 289 [not in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus]: in later Prose, LXX.Sir.19.11, “BGU” 1104.24 (1st c.BC))], etc.; of beasts, foal, whelp, cub, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.153, 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 36, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 3.8, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 5.464, etc.)]; nestling, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Horapollo 2.99)]; ἐκ βρέφεος from babyhood, [NT (Anthologia Graeca 9.567 (Antip.); ἀπὸ β. NT.2Tim.3.15)]. (Cf. Slavonic žrèbę 'foal'.)