What does νεανίσκος (neanískos) mean in the Bible?
νεανίσκος (neanískos): A young man, typically under forty, often in roles of service or attendant status.
Greek · G3495
νεανίσκος
A youth (under forty)
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νεανίσκος G3495
Pronunciation neanískos
What does νεανίσκος (neanískos) mean in the Bible?
νεανίσκος (neanískos): A young man, typically under forty, often in roles of service or attendant status.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3495?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include young man (6), young men (3), a young man (1), young [men] (1).
Where does νεανίσκος (neanískos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 19:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4), 1 John (2), Mark (2), Matthew (2).
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 young man 6× Matthew 19:20, Matthew 19:22, Mark 14:51, Luke 7:14
young men 3× Acts 2:17, 1 John 2:13, 1 John 2:14
a young man 1× Mark 16:5
young [men] 1× Acts 5:10
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 19:20 νεανίσκος to young man Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 19:22 νεανίσκος to young man Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 14:51 νεανίσκος to young man Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 16:5 νεανίσκον to a young man Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 7:14 Νεανίσκε to Young man Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular Acts 2:17 νεανίσκοι to young men Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 5:10 νεανίσκοι to young [men] Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 23:18 νεανίσκον to young man Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 23:22 νεανίσκον to young man Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1 John 2:13 νεανίσκοι to young men Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 19:20
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 5
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Luke 1 Acts 4 1 John 2
Source forms
νεανίσκοι 4x neaniskoi Acts 2:17, Acts 5:10, 1 John 2:13, 1 John 2:14
νεανίσκον 3x neaniskon Mark 16:5, Acts 23:18, Acts 23:22
νεανίσκος 3x neaniskos Matthew 19:20, Matthew 19:22, Mark 14:51
Νεανίσκε 1x Neaniske Luke 7:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Mark 16:5, Acts 23:18, Acts 23:22
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Matthew 19:20, Matthew 19:22, Mark 14:51
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Acts 2:17, Acts 5:10
Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural 2x 1 John 2:13, 1 John 2:14
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 7:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A young man, typically under forty, often in roles of service or attendant status.
Strong's G3495
Lexical occurrences 10 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 5 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a youth (under forty)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A young man, typically under forty, often in roles of service or attendant status.
(dimin. of νεανίας) [in LXX chiefly for נַעַר, also for בָּחוּר, etc. ;] a young man, youth: Mat.19:20, 22, Mrk.14:51 16:5, Luk.7:14, Act.2:17" (LXX) Act.23:18, 22, 1Jn.2:13-14; of an attendant (cf. Gen.14:24, al.) : Act.5:10.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 19:20 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
νεανίσκος, neaniskov
a young man
Read verse Matthew 19:22 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
νεανίσκος neaniskov
a young man
Read verse Mark 14:51 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
νεανίσκος neaniskov
a young man
Read verse Mark 14:51 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
νεανίσκοι· neaniskoi
a young man
Read verse Mark 16:5 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
νεανίσκον neaniskon
a young man
Read verse Luke 7:14 Noun Singular Masculine
Νεανίσκε, neaniske
a young man
Read verse Acts 2:17 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
νεανίσκοι neaniskoi
a young man
Read verse Acts 5:10 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
νεανίσκοι neaniskoi
a young man
Read verse 1 John 2:13 Noun Plural Masculine
νεανίσκοι, neaniskoi
a young man
Read verse 1 John 2:14 Noun Plural Masculine
νεανίσκοι, neaniskoi
a young man
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 10 Case pattern Nominative (5) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 19:20 · Matt 19:22 · Mark 14:51 3×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 2:17 · Acts 5:10 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Mark 16:5 · Acts 23:22 2×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine 1 John 2:13 · 1 John 2:14 2×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Luke 7:14 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 7:11–17 νεανίσκε neanískos
Young man
Showing 1 selected witness from 10 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
νεανίσκος is built from this root:
νεανίας G3494
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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