Strong G3494νεανίας
young man
- Transliteration
- neanias
- Pronunciation
- neh-an-ee'-as
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From a derivative of G3501; a youth (up to about forty years): - young man.
Detailed definition
νεανίας, -ου, ὁ
(νεάν = νέος) [in LXX for נַעַר, בָּחוּר;]
a young man: Act.7:58 20:9 23:17-18.†
(AS)
(νεάν = νέος) [in LXX for נַעַר, בָּחוּר;]
a young man: Act.7:58 20:9 23:17-18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3494 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- man5
First verses
- Acts 7:58And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
- Acts 20:9And 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.
- Acts 23:17Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
- Acts 23:18So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
- Acts 23:22So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
νεᾱν-ίας, ου,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect νεηνίης, εω, ὁ, dative plural νεανίοις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 9(2).205.25 (Phthiotis, 3rd c.BC))]: (νεάν):—young man, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”) always with ἀνήρ, νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.278; ἄνδρες κοιμήσαντο νεηνίαι 14.524; παῖδες νεηνίαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, compare 7.99; ν. γαμβρός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.4; τέκτονες κώμων ν. [prev. author] “N.” 3.5)]: without a substantive in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37, 43, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 335, “El.” 750, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 698, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.1.2, etc.)]
2 frequently with the sense of a youth in character, i.e. either in good sense, impetuous, active, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1041, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1333, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.313)]; or in bad sense, hot-headed, wilful, headstrong, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 580; ἓν μὲν τοίνυν τοῦτο.. πολίτευμα τοῦ νεανίου τούτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.136, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 239d.)]
II as masculine adjective, youthful, νεανίαι τὰς ὄψεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.29.)]
II.2 of things, etc., new, young, fresh, νεανίαις ὤμοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1562; ν. θώρακα καὶ βραχίονα [prev. author] “HF” 1095; ἄρτος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1207)]; ν. λόγοι rash, wilful words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 679. [νεανιῶν)] is trisyllable in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1069)]; compare νεανικός.]
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect νεηνίης, εω, ὁ, dative plural νεανίοις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 9(2).205.25 (Phthiotis, 3rd c.BC))]: (νεάν):—young man, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”) always with ἀνήρ, νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.278; ἄνδρες κοιμήσαντο νεηνίαι 14.524; παῖδες νεηνίαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, compare 7.99; ν. γαμβρός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.4; τέκτονες κώμων ν. [prev. author] “N.” 3.5)]: without a substantive in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37, 43, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 335, “El.” 750, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 698, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.1.2, etc.)]
2 frequently with the sense of a youth in character, i.e. either in good sense, impetuous, active, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1041, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1333, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.313)]; or in bad sense, hot-headed, wilful, headstrong, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 580; ἓν μὲν τοίνυν τοῦτο.. πολίτευμα τοῦ νεανίου τούτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.136, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 239d.)]
II as masculine adjective, youthful, νεανίαι τὰς ὄψεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.29.)]
II.2 of things, etc., new, young, fresh, νεανίαις ὤμοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1562; ν. θώρακα καὶ βραχίονα [prev. author] “HF” 1095; ἄρτος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1207)]; ν. λόγοι rash, wilful words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 679. [νεανιῶν)] is trisyllable in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1069)]; compare νεανικός.]