What does βρέφος (bréphos) mean in the Bible?
βρέφος (bréphos): Emphasizes helplessness of earliest infancy, from unborn through newborn stage, not older childhood.
Greek · G1025
βρέφος
An infant (properly, unborn) literally or figuratively
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βρέφος G1025
Pronunciation bréphos
What does βρέφος (bréphos) mean in the Bible?
βρέφος (bréphos): Emphasizes helplessness of earliest infancy, from unborn through newborn stage, not older childhood.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1025?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include baby (3), babies (2), a baby (1), infancy (1), infants (1).
Where does βρέφος (bréphos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:41. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (5), 1 Peter (1), 2 Timothy (1), Acts (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 It baby 3× Luke 1:41, Luke 1:44, Luke 2:16
babies 2× Luke 18:15, 1 Peter 2:2
a baby 1× Luke 2:12
infancy 1× 2 Timothy 3:15
infants 1× Acts 7:19
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:41 βρέφος to baby Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Luke 1:44 βρέφος to baby Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Luke 2:12 βρέφος to a baby Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Luke 2:16 βρέφος to Baby Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Luke 18:15 βρέφη to babies Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Acts 7:19 βρέφη to infants Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 2 Timothy 3:15 βρέφους to infancy Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1 Peter 2:2 βρέφη to babies Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:41
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 4
Luke 5 Acts 1 2 Timothy 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
βρέφος 4x brephos Luke 1:41, Luke 1:44, Luke 2:12, Luke 2:16
βρέφη 3x brephē Luke 18:15, Acts 7:19, 1 Peter 2:2
βρέφους 1x brephous 2 Timothy 3:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x Luke 18:15, Acts 7:19
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 2x Luke 2:12, Luke 2:16
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Luke 1:41, Luke 1:44
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x 2 Timothy 3:15
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x 1 Peter 2:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Emphasizes helplessness of earliest infancy, from unborn through newborn stage, not older childhood.
Strong's G1025
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 5 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 18:15–17 Source Gloss
an infant (properly, unborn) literally or figuratively
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:41 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
βρέφος brefov
infant, babe
Read verse Luke 1:44 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
βρέφος brefov
infant, babe
Read verse Luke 2:12 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
βρέφος brefov
infant, babe
Read verse Luke 2:16 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
βρέφος brefov
infant, babe
Read verse Luke 18:15 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
βρέφη, brefh
infant, babe
Read verse Acts 7:19 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
βρέφη brefh
infant, babe
Read verse 2 Timothy 3:15 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
βρέφους brefouv
infant, babe
Read verse 1 Peter 2:2 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
βρέφη, brefh
infant, babe
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 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 1:41 · Luke 1:44 2×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter 1 Pet 2:2 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter 2 Tim 3:15 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 2:12 · Luke 2:16 2×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Luke 18:15 · Acts 7:19 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Additional Occurrences
Luke 18:15–17 βρέφη bréphos
Infants
New Testament Witnesses
infants
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 8 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
βρέφος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
Highlights complete dependence.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain