Dictionary entry

νέος

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

νέος, -α, -ον,

[in LXX for נַעַר (Ge 37:2, Ex 33:11, al.), חָדָשׁ (Le 23:16, Nu 28:26, al.), etc.; compar. -ώτερος for קָטֹן, צָעִיר, etc.;]

1. young, youthful: Tit 2:4.

2. new (prop., in respect of time; v.s. καινός): οἶνος (cf. οἶ. καινός, Mt 26:29), Mt 9:17, Mk 2:22, Lk 5:37-[39]; φύραμα (fig.), I Co 5:7; διαθήκη (cf. καινὴ δ., He 9:15), He 12:24; metaph., ἄνθρωπος (cf. καινὸς ἀ, Eph 2:15), Col 3:10.

3. Compar., -ώτερος, -α, -ον, younger: Lk 15:12, 1322:26, Jo 21:18; pl., οἱ ν., Ac 5:6 (Rackham, in l.), I Ti 5:11, Tit 2:6; opp. to πρεσβύτεροι, I Ti 5:1, I Pe 5:5; αἱ ν., I Ti 5:2, 14.

4. Νέα Πόλις, Neapolis: Ac 16:11 (Rec., Νεάπολις, q.v.)

SYN.: καινός, q.v.