νέος, -α, -ον

[in LXX for נַעַר (Gen.37:2, Exo_33:11, al.), חָדָשׁ (Lev.23:16, Num.28:26, al.), etc.; compar. -ώτερος for קָטָן, צָעִיר, etc. ;]

__1. young, youthful: Tit.2:4.

__2. new (prop. in respect of time; see: καινός): οἶνος (cf. οἶ. καινός, Mat.26:20), Mat.9:17, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37-39; φύραμα (figuratively), 1Co.5:7; διαθήκη (cf. καινὴ δ. Heb.9:15), Heb.12:24; metaphorically, ἄνθρωπος (cf. καινὸς ἀ, Eph.2:15), Col.3:10.

__3. Compar. -ώτερος, -α, -ον, younger: Luk.15:12-13 22:26, Jhn.21:18; pl. οἱ ν. Act.5:6 (Rackham, in l), 1Ti.5:11, Tit.2:6; opposite to πρεσβύτεροι, 1Ti.5:1, 1Pe.5:5; αἱ ν. 1Ti.5:2 5:14.

__4. Νέα Πόλις, Neapolis: Act.16:11 (Rec. Νεάπολις, which see)

νεώτερος, see: νέος

SYN.: καινός, which see (AS)

young; youthful; new; younger; Neapolis