- Transliteration: Nepios

- Phonetic: nay'-pee-os

- Definition:

1. an infant, little child

2. a minor, not of age

3. metaph. childish, untaught, unskilled

- Origin: from an obsolete particle ne- (implying negation) and G2031" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2031

- TDNT entry: 19:12,6

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: From an obsolete particle νη ne; implying negation and G2031" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2031; not speaking that is an infant (minor); figuratively a simple minded person an immature Christian: - babe child (+ -ish).