Words the Bible translates as child
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- uhiosυἱόςson: a male child or descendant; and, by extension, anyone who belongs to or shares the character of a person, group, or thing.
- benבֵּןa son: a male child, and by extension a descendant or a member of a group
- paisπαῖςa boy or girl: a young person still under a parent's care and authority
+1 more meaning
- a servant or attendant: a dependent member of a household, and the title of honor for one who serves God
- teknonτέκνονa child: someone born to a parent, son or daughter, and by extension anyone belonging to a parent-like bond
- paidionπαιδίονa young child: a baby or small child, from a newborn through the early years
- yeledיֶלֶדa child or young person: one who has been born, from a newborn infant to a young man
- nēpiosνήπιοςa young child or infant, viewed as immature and not yet grown up; also, figuratively, a person who is immature, untaught, or childlike in simplicity
- taphטַףchildren, little ones: the young, dependent members of a household or nation, taken as a group rather than as one child
- barבַּרson: a male child or descendant, and by extension one who belongs to a group or shares a quality
- brephosβρέφοςa baby: a human being at the very start of life, whether still in the womb or newly born
- valadוָלָדchildnot studied yet
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