neos · young, new

What it means

neos (νέος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “young, new”.

New, recent; young.

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. Freshly made, not yet having had time to grow old.
2. Of few years, or with fewer years than others.

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

How it is translated

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

• new ×11
• younger ×9
• young men ×1
• young women ×1
• youngest ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×2
• Luke×7
• John×1
• Acts×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Colossians×1
• 1 Timothy×4
• Titus×2
• Hebrews×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 9:17

  Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins are destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

• Mark 2:22

  And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins; but new wine into new wineskins.”

• Luke 5:37

  And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

• Luke 5:38

  But new wine must be put into new wineskins.

• Luke 5:39

  And no one who has drunk old wine wants new; for he says, ‘The old is good.’”

• Luke 15:12

  And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his property between them.

• Luke 15:13

  And not many days later, the younger son, gathering together everything, went away to a distant country, and there he squandered his estate living recklessly.

• Luke 22:26

  But you are not so; rather let the greatest among you become like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

• John 21:18

  Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.”

• Acts 5:6

  And the young men rose and wrapped him up, and carrying him out, buried him.

• 1 Corinthians 5:7

  Clean out the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For our Passover lamb also has been sacrificed: the Messiah.

• Colossians 3:10

  and have put on the new man, which is being renewed for knowledge according to the image of the one who created it,

• 1 Timothy 5:1

  Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

• 1 Timothy 5:2

  older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

• 1 Timothy 5:11

  But refuse younger widows, for when their desires draw them away from the Messiah, they want to marry,

• 1 Timothy 5:14

  So I want younger widows to marry, to bear children, to manage their households, to give the adversary no occasion for reproach;

• Titus 2:4

  so that they may train the young women to be loving to their husbands, loving to their children,

• Titus 2:6

  Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sensible,

• Hebrews 12:24

  and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than the blood of Abel.

• 1 Peter 5:5

  Likewise, you younger, submit to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

And 3 more times.