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Strong's #3494 - νεανίας
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νεᾱν-ίας, ου, and Ion. νεηνίης, εω, ὁ, dat. pl. νεανίοις IG 9(2).205.25 (Phthiotis, iii B.C.): (νεάν): —
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1. young man, Hom. (only in Od.) always with ἀνήρ, νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς Od. 10.278; ἄνδρες κοιμήσαντο νεηνίαι 14.524; παῖδες νεηνίαι Hdt. 1.61, cf. 7.99; ν. γαμβρός Pi. O. 7.4; τέκτονες κώμων ν. Id. N. 3.5: without a Subst. in Hdt. 1.37, 43, S. OC 335, El. 750, E. Alc. 698, X. Mem. 3.1.2, etc.
2. freq. with the sense of a youth in character, i.e. either in good sense, impetuous, active, E. Ion 1041, cf. Ar. V. 1333, X. Cyr. 1.3.6, D. 18.313; or in bad sense, hot-headed, wilful, headstrong, E. Supp. 580; ἓν μὲν τοίνυν τοῦτο.. πολίτευμα τοῦ νεανίου τούτου D. 18.136, cf. Pl. Sph. 239d.
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1. as masc. Adj., youthful, νεανίαι τὰς ὄψεις Lys. 10.29.
2. of things, etc., new, young, fresh, νεανίαις ὤμοισι E. Hel. 1562; ν. θώρακα καὶ βραχίονα Id. HF 1095; ἄρτος Ar. Lys. 1207; ν. λόγοι rash, wilful words, E. Alc. 679. [ νεανιῶν is trisyll. in Ar. V. 1069; cf. νεανικός. ]
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 Latinadulescens 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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P Leid Wxii. 31 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 123) ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἔφη · πάντα κεινήσεις (l. κινήσεις) , καὶ πάντα ἱλαρυνθήσεται, Ἑρμοῦ σε ὁδηγοῦντος. With the use of the verb in John 16:13 we may compare from the hermetic literature Hermes (ed. Parthey) p. 81.12 εἰς δὲ τὴν εὐσεβῆ ψυχὴν ὁ νοῦς ἐμβὰς ὁδηγεῖ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὸ τῆς γνώσεως φῶς : cf. the oracular Kaibel 1041.1 νῦν τοι πάντα τελεῖ δαίμων, νῦν ἐς ὀρθ [ὸ ]ν ὁδηγεῖ. See also Test. xii. patr. Judges 1:19 ἡ φιλαργυρία πρὸς εἰδωλολατρείαν ὁδηγεῖ. For the form ὁδαγέω, which occurs sporadically, see Moulton Gr. ii. p. 71.
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