GreekG3501Adjective

νέος

neos

21Occurrences
G3501Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

"new", i.e. (of persons) youthful, or (of things) fresh; figuratively, regenerate

including the comparative ; a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.young, youthful
2.new (prop., in respect of time; see
3.Compar., -ώτερος, -α, -ον, younger
4.Νέα Πόλις, Neapolis
Synonyms
καινός, which see
LXX: for נַעַר (, Exo_33:11), חָדָשׁ , etc.; compar. -ώτερος for קָטָן, צָעִיר, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

νέος appears 21 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
6
1 Timothy
4
Acts
2
Titus
2
1 Corinthians
1
1 Peter
1
Colossians
1
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 5:7BSB

Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

1 Timothy 5:11BSB

But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,

Colossians 3:10BSB

and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

Luke 15:13BSB

After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

Luke 5:39BSB

And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

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