Strong G3495νεανίσκος
young man
- Transliteration
- neaniskos
- Pronunciation
- neh-an-is'-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From the same as G3494; a youth (under forty): - young man.
Detailed definition
νεανίσκος, -ου, ὁ
(dimin. of νεανίας) [in LXX chiefly for נַעַר, also for בָּחוּר, etc.;]
a young man, youth: Mat.19:20, 22, Mrk.14:51 16:5, Luk.7:14, Act.2:17" (LXX) Act.23:18, 22, 1Jn.2:13-14; of an attendant (cf. Gen.14:24, al.): Act.5:10.†
(AS)
(dimin. of νεανίας) [in LXX chiefly for נַעַר, also for בָּחוּר, etc.;]
a young man, youth: Mat.19:20, 22, Mrk.14:51 16:5, Luk.7:14, Act.2:17" (LXX) Act.23:18, 22, 1Jn.2:13-14; of an attendant (cf. Gen.14:24, al.): Act.5:10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3495 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- man9
First verses
- Matthew 19:20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
- Matthew 19:22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
- Mark 14:51And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
- Mark 16:5And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
- Luke 7:14And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
- Acts 2:17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
- Acts 5:10Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
- 1 John 2:13I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
- 1 John 2:14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νεᾱνισκ-ος,
Ionic dialect νεην-, ὁ, (νεάν) youth, young man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.374.162, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72, 112, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 211d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303b21, Anon.Hist.(“FGrH” 160) p.887 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, etc.)]; ν. τὸ εἶδος (nisi to be read νεανικός) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.5; in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53 the same youth is called both νεηνίης and νεηνίσκος)]; but in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.6 and 8 the same person is called ν. and μειράκιον,)] and the eldest son of Socrates is called νεανίσκος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.1, but μειράκιον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34d; ἔν τε παισὶ καὶ ν. καὶ ἐν ἀνδράσι [prev. author] “R.” 413e; παῖς εἴκοσι ἔτεα, νεηνίσκος εἴκοσι, νεηνίης εἴκοσι, γέρων εἴκοσι 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.10, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑβδομάδων - Die Hippokratische Schrift von der Siebenzahl” 5: more frequently than νεανίας)] in later Gr., Wilcken [NT+3rd c.BC+ (“Chr.” 30i4 (3rd-2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.36.12, NT.Matt.19.20, etc.)]
2 ὁ ἐμὸς ν. my young man, i.e. servant, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 53; perhaps also, “PCair.Zen.” 18.6 (3rd c.BC), NT.Mark.14.51: _plural_, uncertain meaning, “PCair.Zen.” 153 (3rd c.BC, written νενίσκοις).)]
Ionic dialect νεην-, ὁ, (νεάν) youth, young man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.374.162, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72, 112, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 211d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303b21, Anon.Hist.(“FGrH” 160) p.887 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, etc.)]; ν. τὸ εἶδος (nisi to be read νεανικός) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.5; in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53 the same youth is called both νεηνίης and νεηνίσκος)]; but in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.6 and 8 the same person is called ν. and μειράκιον,)] and the eldest son of Socrates is called νεανίσκος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.1, but μειράκιον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34d; ἔν τε παισὶ καὶ ν. καὶ ἐν ἀνδράσι [prev. author] “R.” 413e; παῖς εἴκοσι ἔτεα, νεηνίσκος εἴκοσι, νεηνίης εἴκοσι, γέρων εἴκοσι 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.10, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑβδομάδων - Die Hippokratische Schrift von der Siebenzahl” 5: more frequently than νεανίας)] in later Gr., Wilcken [NT+3rd c.BC+ (“Chr.” 30i4 (3rd-2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.36.12, NT.Matt.19.20, etc.)]
2 ὁ ἐμὸς ν. my young man, i.e. servant, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 53; perhaps also, “PCair.Zen.” 18.6 (3rd c.BC), NT.Mark.14.51: _plural_, uncertain meaning, “PCair.Zen.” 153 (3rd c.BC, written νενίσκοις).)]