neaniskos · young man

What it means

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

Youth.

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 man in the prime of youth, of an age to work or fight.

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

How it is translated

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

• young man ×6
• young men ×4

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×2
• Luke×1
• Acts×3
• 1 John×2

• Matthew 19:20

  The young man says to him, “All these things I have kept; what do I still lack?”

• Matthew 19:22

  But when the young man heard the word, he went away grieving, for he had many possessions.

• Mark 14:51

  And a certain young man was following him, wearing a linen cloth over his naked body; and they seize him;

• Mark 16:5

  And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were greatly alarmed.

• Luke 7:14

  And coming up, he touched the bier, and those who were carrying it stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, get up.”

• Acts 2:17

  ‘And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out from my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams;

• Acts 5:10

  And immediately she fell at his feet and breathed her last. And when the young men came in, they found her dead, and carrying her out, they buried her beside her husband.

• Acts 23:22

  So the commander dismissed the young man, ordering him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”

• 1 John 2:13

  I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know the one who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

• 1 John 2:14

  I have written to you, children, because you have come to know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have come to know the one who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.