brephos · baby, infant

What it means

brephos (βρέφος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “baby, infant”.

A newborn child, or a child not yet born.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A newborn; also one not yet born.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• baby ×4
• infants ×2
• babies ×1
• infancy ×1

Where it appears

• Luke×5
• Acts×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Luke 1:41

  And it happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

• Luke 1:44

  For look, when the sound of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in joy in my womb.

• Luke 2:12

  And this will be the sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

• Luke 2:16

  And they went in haste and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.

• Luke 18:15

  And they were bringing to him even the babies, so that he might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

• Acts 7:19

  He dealt craftily with our people and mistreated our fathers, making them abandon their infants so that they would not survive.

• 2 Timothy 3:15

  and that from infancy you have known the sacred writings that are able to make you wise for salvation through faith that is in the Messiah Jesus.

• 1 Peter 2:2

  like newborn infants, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow into salvation,