What does νεότης (neótēs) mean in the Bible?
νεότης (neótēs) is a Greek word meaning "youth".
Greek · G3503
νεότης
Youth
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νεότηςG3503
Pronunciationneótēs
What does νεότης (neótēs) mean in the Bible?
νεότης (neótēs) is a Greek word meaning "youth".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3503?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include youth (3), childhood (1).
Where does νεότης (neótēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 10:20. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), Acts (1), Luke (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ityouth3×Mark 10:20, Luke 18:21, 1 Timothy 4:12
childhood1×Acts 26:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMark 10:20
Aligned rows4
Books represented4
Mark1Luke1Acts11 Timothy1
Source forms
νεότητος3xneotētosLuke 18:21, Acts 26:4, 1 Timothy 4:12
νεότητός1xneotētosMark 10:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular4xMark 10:20, Luke 18:21, Acts 26:4, 1 Timothy 4:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. youth
Strong'sG3503
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms1 form4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
youth
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 19:20Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
νεότητόςneothtov
youth, youthfulness
Read verseMark 10:20Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
νεότητόςneothtov
youth, youthfulness
Read verseLuke 18:21Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
νεότητόςneothtov
youth, youthfulness
Read verseActs 26:4Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
νεότητος,neothtov
youth, youthfulness
Read verse1 Timothy 4:12Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
νεότητοςneothtov
youth, youthfulness
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms4Case patternGenitive (4)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineMark 10:20 · Luke 18:21 · Acts 26:4 · 1 Tim 4:124×
Word Origins
νεότης is built from this root:
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