The meaning of “νεανίας”
Understanding neanías reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
young man. - a youth (up to about forty years)
νεανίας
young man. - a youth (up to about forty years)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Acts 7:58 | “And 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.” Word: νεανίας (neanías) | |
| Acts 20:9 | “And 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.” Word: νεανίας (neanías) | |
| Acts 23:17 | “Then 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.” Word: νεανίας (neanías) | |
| Acts 23:18 | “So 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.” Word: νεανίας (neanías) | |
| Acts 23:22 | “So 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.” Word: νεανίας (neanías) |