νεᾱν-ίας G3494
young man, youth, a male in the vigor of early adulthood
A young man is a male in youthful vigor, past boyhood but not yet settled in maturity. Witnesses laid their garments at the feet of 'a young man named Saul' at Stephen's stoning (Acts 7:58). Eutychus, 'a young man,' fell from a window during Paul's long sermon (Acts 20:9). Paul was warned by 'the son of Paul's sister, a young man' (Acts 23:17). The term marks energetic young adulthood. Spanish 'joven' and French 'jeune homme' consistently identify this life stage.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A young man or youth, a male in the stage of early adulthood marked by vigor and strength. All three NT occurrences are in Acts: Saul at Stephen's martyrdom (7:58), Eutychus who fell from the window (20:9), and Paul's nephew who warned of the ambush (23:17). The Greek νεανίας emphasizes the youthful, active phase between adolescence and established maturity. Across languages—'joven' (Spanish), 'jeune homme' (French)—the term designates this clear life stage. 3×
AR["الشَّابَّ", "شَابٌّ", "شَابٍّ"]·ben["যুবক", "যুবককে", "যুবকের"]·DE["νεανίαν", "νεανίας", "νεανίου"]·EN["of-a-young-man", "young-man"]·FR["jeune-homme"]·heb["נַעַר"]·HI["जवान", "जवानको", "युवक"]·ID["Pemuda", "pemuda"]·IT["giovane"]·jav["jaka", "jaka,", "tiyang-enem"]·KO["청년-의", "청년을", "청년이"]·PT["de-jovem", "jovem,"]·RU["юноша,", "юноши", "юношу"]·ES["de-joven", "joven"]·SW["kijana", "ya-kijana"]·TR["delikanlı", "genci", "genç-adam"]·urd["نوجوان", "نوجوان-کے"]
Related Senses
H0376 1. man, person, human male (2130×)H0251 1. brother (blood sibling) (573×)H0120 1. man, human being (individual/generic) (527×)H0802 1. woman, female person (519×)H0802 2. wife, spouse (255×)H0517 1. mother, female parent (217×)G0435 1. man, male person (202×)G1135 1. woman, adult female (190×)H2233 1. offspring, descendants (172×)H0001 2. ancestor, forefather (146×)H5288 1. Youth, young man (122×)H0269 1. sister (female sibling) (113×)H1755 1. generation, contemporaries (96×)G5043 1. child, offspring (89×)G0444 2. people, humankind (86×)H3206 1. child, boy, youth (86×)H2145 1. male (human being) (79×)G3384 1. mother (77×)H6485a 1. Qal passive participle: numbered ones, enrollment (76×)H1397 1. man (strong/mighty) (65×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
νεᾱν-ίας, ου, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect νεηνίης, εω, ὁ, dative plural νεανίοις Refs 3rd c.BC+: (νεάν):—young man, Refs 8th c.BC+: without a substantive in Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 frequently with the sense of a youth in character, i.e. either in good sense, impetuous, active, Refs 5th c.BC+; or in bad sense, hot-headed, wilful, headstrong, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II as masculine adjective, youthful,…