STRONGS G3494:
νεανίας,
νεανίου,
ὁ (from
νέαν, and this from
νέος; cf.
μεγιστάν (which see),
ξυνάν), from
Homer down; Hebrew
נַעַר and
בָּחוּר;
a young man:
Acts 20:9;
Acts 23:17, and
R G in 18 (so here
WH text), 22; it is used as in Greek writings, like the Latin
adulescens and the Hebrew
נַעַר (
Genesis 41:12), of men between twenty-four and forty years of age (cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 213; (
Diogenes Laërtius 8, 10; other references in
Stephanus' Thesaurus, see under the words,
νεᾶνις,
νεανίσκος):
Acts 7:58.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
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41:12
- Acts
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7:58; 20:9; 23:17