What does νεότης (neótēs) mean in the Bible?
νεότης (neótēs) is a Greek word meaning "youth".
Greek · G3503
νεότης
Youth
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νεότης G3503
Pronunciation neótēs
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 It youth 3× Mark 10:20, Luke 18:21, 1 Timothy 4:12
childhood 1× Acts 26:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 10:20
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Mark 1 Luke 1 Acts 1 1 Timothy 1
Source forms
νεότητος 3x neotētos Luke 18:21, Acts 26:4, 1 Timothy 4:12
νεότητός 1x neotētos Mark 10:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 4x Mark 10:20, Luke 18:21, Acts 26:4, 1 Timothy 4:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. youth
Strong's G3503
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 1 form 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
youth
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 19:20 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
νεότητός neothtov
youth, youthfulness
Read verse Mark 10:20 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
νεότητός neothtov
youth, youthfulness
Read verse Luke 18:21 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
νεότητός neothtov
youth, youthfulness
Read verse Acts 26:4 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
νεότητος, neothtov
youth, youthfulness
Read verse 1 Timothy 4:12 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
νεότητος neothtov
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Mark 10:20 · Luke 18:21 · Acts 26:4 · 1 Tim 4:12 4×
Word Origins
νεότης is built from this root:
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