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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1025 - βρέφος

Transliteration

bréphos

Phonetics

bref'-os

Origin

of uncertain affin.

Parts of Speech

Noun Neuter

TDNT

5:636,759

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

an unborn child, embryo, a foetus
a new-born child, an infant, a babe

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (8)

Luke 5

Acts 1

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

NAS (8)

Luke 5

Acts 1

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

HCS (8)

Luke 5

Acts 1

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

BSB (8)

Luke 5

Acts 1

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

ESV (8)

Luke 5

Acts 1

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

WEB (8)

Luke 5

Acts 1

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

KJV (8)

babe 4

babes 1

child 1

children 1

infants 1

NAS (8)

babies 2

baby 4

childhood 1

infants 1

HCS (8)

a baby 1

baby 3

childhood 1

infants 3

BSB (8)

Baby 1

a baby 1

babies 1

baby 2

infancy 1

infants 2

ESV (8)

baby 4

childhood 1

infants 3

WEB (8)

a baby 1

babies 2

infancy 1

that the baby 1

the baby 2

their babies 1

RAH

ANT

N-APN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

BEZ

N-APN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

BGB

N-ANP 2

N-ANS 2

N-GNS 1

N-NNP 1

N-NNS 2

BMT

N-APN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

BYZ

N-APN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

ELZ

N-APN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

NA26

N-APN 1

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

SBL

N-APN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

SCV

N-APN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

STV

N-APN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

TIS

N-APN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

N-APN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

N-APN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

βρέφος, εος, τό,

I babe in the womb, foetus, β. ἡμίονον κυέουσαν, of a mare, Il. 23.266, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.222.

II new-born babe, Simon. 37.15, Pi. O. 6.33, A. Ag. 1096 (lyr.); νέον β. E. Ba. 289 [not in S. ]: in later Prose, LXX Si. 19.11, BGU 1104.24 (i B. C.), etc.; of beasts, foal, whelp, cub, etc., Hdt. 3.153, Phylarch. 36, Ael. Nahum 3:8, Opp. H. 5.464, etc.; nestling, Horap. 2.99; ἐκ βρέφεος from babyhood, AP 9.567 (Antip.); ἀπὸ β. 2 Timothy 3:15. (Cf. Slav. žrèbę 'foal'.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

βρέφος, βρέφους, τό;

a. an unborn child, embryo, fetus: Luke 1:41, 44; (Homer, Iliad 23, 266; Plutarch, rep. Stoic. 41 τό βρέφος ἐν τῇ γαστρί).

b. a new-born child, an infant, a babe (so from Pindar down): Luke 2:12, 16; Luke 18:15; Acts 7:19; 1 Peter 2:2; ἀπό βρέφους from infancy, 2 Timothy 3:15 (so ἐκ βρέφους, Anth. Pal. 9, 567).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** βρέφος , -ους , τό ,

[in LXX: Sirach 19:11, 1 Maccabees 1:61, 2 Maccabees 6:10, 3 Maccabees 5:49, 4 Maccabees 4:25 *;]

1. an unborn child: Luke 1:41; Luke 1:44.

2. a newborn child, a babe: Luke 2:12; Luke 2:16; Luke 18:15 Acts 7:19, 1 Peter 2:2; ἀπὸ βρέφους , from infancy, 2 Timothy 3:15.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

BGU IV. 1104.24 (time of Augustus) ἑατῆς τὸ βρέφος ἐκτίθεσθαι , P Oxy VII. 1069.22 (iii/A.D.) ἐὰν γὰρ τέκῃ ἡ Ταμοὺν ἀνάγκασον αὐτὴν τὸ βρέφος φειλοπονῆσε (l. φιλοπονῆσαι ), ib. XI. 1209.16 (A.D. 251–3) ἀρρενικῷ βρέφει , ";male nursling child,"; P Lond 951 verso.3 (late iii/A.D.) (= III. p. 213) εἰ θέλ [εις , τ ]ὸ βρέφος ἐχέτω τροφόν , ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ ἐπ ̣ιτ [ρέ ]πω τῇ θυγατρί μου θηλάζειν , a letter from a father-in-law or mother-in-law with reference to the nursing of a new-born child. In the magic papyrus P Lond 122.1 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 116) Hermes is invoked—ἔλθε ] μοι κύριε Ἑρμῆ ὡς τὰ βρέφη εἰς τὰς κοιλίας τῶν γυναι [κῶ ]ν .

List of Word Forms

βρεφη βρέφη βρεφος βρέφος βρεφους βρέφους brephe brephē bréphe bréphē brephos bréphos brephous bréphous