νεανίας

neanias · young man

Greek word · Strong’s number G3494 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

neanias (νεανίας) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “young man”.

How to say it

ne·a·ni·as

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 man in the strength of his years, no longer a child.

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

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Acts 7:58

    And throwing him out of the city, they were stoning him. And the witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man called Saul.

  • Acts 20:9

    And a certain young man named Eutychus, sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on, overcome by sleep, fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

  • Acts 23:17

    And Paul, calling one of the centurions, said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him.”

  • Acts 23:18

    So he took him and brought him to the commander and says, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, since he has something to say to you.”