Dictionary entry

νεόφυτος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

νεό-φυτος, -ον

(< νέος, φύω), [in LXX: Jb 14:9, Ps 143 (144):12, Is 5:7 (נֶטַע), Ps 127 (128):3 (שְׁתִיל)*;]

newly planted (LXX). Metaph., as subst., ὁ ν., a new convert, neophyte, novice: I Ti 3:6.†